The Spectrum Volume 61 Issue 79

Vol. 61 NO. 79 | Commencement Issue, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | www.ubspectrum.com

Life

Arts Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain Story on page 8

Sikander Khan Leaves Everlasting Black Eye on Student Association

Sports

Library Legacy Story on page 15

AARON MANSFIELD Senior Life Editor

Brazen and bearded Sikander Khan once proclaimed to the SA Senate: “I am not afraid of anything.” He once told Spectrum reporters he has “the balls of an elephant.”

He told on-campus Senator Daniel Ovadia: “I learned politics in my mother’s womb.” Students say he is known on campus as a womanizer, and he specifically requests to be interviewed by female members of The Spectrum, whom he refers to as “beautiful ladies.”

MATTHEW PARRINO Editor in Chief

It would be a dramatic understatement to say Khan is an audacious character.

I am the editor in chief of The Spectrum, but I am also a student at UB and for the past three weeks I’ve had a front row seat for one of the biggest scandals in Student Association history.

Khan resigned as Student Association treasurer on Friday following The Spectrum’s investigation of the $300,000 contract he signed with a company, Virtual Academix, that appears to be counterfeit.

The scariest part is that nobody in my office was surprised when SA Treasurer Sikander Khan wanted to fork over $300,000 of student money for a mobile application produced by a company that had no record or any discernable employees. That’s because we’re all used to SA’s nonsense.

If you read the profile on Khan in today’s paper, you’ll probably be as bewildered as I have been by his silence. Isn’t it strange that a man who never turned away from a chance to let his voice be heard has suddenly lost his ability to speak and hear?

Ironically, he ran for treasurer last year as part of the “VOICE” Party with current Vice President Meghan McMonagle (who also wanted to fork over the $300,000 and hasn’t spoken since) and President JoAnna Datz (who Khan hasn’t spoken to virtually all semester). Rather than explain himself to the 18,000 undergraduates he’s claimed to serve for the past 12 months, he resigned from his post.

I think he is just biding his time.

Full confession: Khan is mad at me.

Why?

Khan hasn’t spoken to the public since the article about the scandal was published on April 11, but The Spectrum conducted an interview with him at the end of March.

Profile of Sikander Kahn attempts to show the man behind the scandal.

That’s why my staff and I launched an investigation into Virtual Academix, the company Khan wanted to give $300,000 in student money. My investigation didn’t turn up a lot of hard evidence, but there sure were a lot of half-truths and shades of grey.

As a journalist and as editor in chief, I’ve learned to hold back any information I can’t verify. If I’m not sure if something is right, I’m not going to put it in print.

That’s my pact with you, my readers.

So, much of what I learned, we didn’t print. But my staff and I did find a lot of odd connections – UB connections. But no one would talk to us. When we tried again, almost every source directed us to a lawyer who had no comment.

To date, we don’t really know how the $300,00 deal originated or where the student money would have gone. We can’t even find anyone to tell us what Virtual Academix is – or was.

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Inside

Opinion 3

Spectrum File Photo

“You don’t have to believe any word that I say,” Khan said during the March interview. “You can go out and do your own research and if any word I say I lied in the recording, I’m liable to impeachment – straight up, no doubt about it. If I lie to the Senate, if I lie to administration, if I lie to The Spectrum, I’m up for impeachment right away. Forget impeachment, I will resign.”

Khan, a senior computer engineering major, grew up in India and was one of the few Muslim students in an allboys Catholic high school.

He has boasted a brash disposition since day one; he told The Spectrum last month that he was a troublemaker in school.

Khan’s father was the State Minister for Sports in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Despite growing up in a political household, Khan disliked politics.

But he still wanted to get involved at UB. So he ran for president of the Muslim SA and transformed it into one of the most successful clubs in SA history.

During his presidency, MSA won the Special Interest Services and Hobbies club of the year. As president of one of the biggest student organizaContinued on page 4

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Will Appeal Its Derecognition by SA LISA EPSTEIN Staff Writer The UB InterVarsity Christian Fellowship will start an appeal process to regain Student Association recognition as a club as soon as possible.

The SA Senate derecognized the club on April 15.

News of the appeal comes amid rumors that the club will also sue SA. The club lost its $6,000 in mandatory student activity fee funding this past fall after its former treasurer said he was forced to resign because he is gay. A subsequent SA investigation determined the club’s constitution violated UB and SA anti-discrimination policies.

SA Senate Chair Darwinson Valdez

Simple. I’m a journalist and I want answers – for myself and for you, the students I serve.

Story on page 28

Shaken Khan-fidence

*OPINION*

The organization claims to be dedicated solely to our needs as students. But if you’ve followed The Spectrum this semester, getting anybody in SA to speak about anything that matters is like trying to make it from NSC to the CFA in time for your next class.

Going the Distance One Mile From Home

said the IVCF had more than enough time to adapt its constitution to SA guidelines. He said the Senate knew there was possibility of a lawsuit after the decision to derecognize the club, but the Senate gave the club clear instructions about how to remain a part of SA. “We gave them around 10 weeks from the first notice…I don’t want to say, ‘So be it,’ but we did what we could to maintain them as a club,” Valdez said.

Valdez said he supported the extensions given to IVCF because it is a local chapter of a national organization, which it had to communicate with.

Dan Jao, the national field director for IVCF, said he has only briefly

spoken with the UB chapter since it was derecognized.

“At this point, InterVarsity at UB is [trying] to go through the appeals process with the Student-Wide Judiciary,” Jao said. “We are trusting that [it] will be a fair process and that we’ll get a fair hearing, so that’s our current plan.”

During the April 15 Senate meeting, IVCF was given a chance to prove it was not in violation of any antidiscrimination policies to the Senate that. IVCF’s Shant Tamazian told the Senate that there was another UB investigation that concluded the club did not violate any federal, state, or university anti-discrimination policies. Tamazian said the Campus Ministries Association, which IVCF

is also a part of, and UB’s office of Student Life conducted that investigation.

Liz Hladczuk of Student Life said she had never heard of the investigation.

“I actually don’t know anything about [Student Life’s involvement],” Hladczuk said. “What you said about them being derecognized by the Student Association, I have heard [about that]. I know SA was having hearings, like going over their constitution, but I actually don’t know anything about [a Student Life investigation].”

The Campus Ministries Association could not be reached for comment.

Some SA senators believe the possiContinued on page 11

Undergraduate Daniel Ovadia

Wins Spot on UB Council SARA DINATALE Asst. News Editor

Both undergraduate and graduate students can vote in UB Council elections.

Daniel Ovadia will be the next University Council Student Representative for the 201213 academic year, defeating incumbent Mia Jorgensen by a 341-185 margin in an online election.

“I really appreciate the support that I received from the students, and I look forward to representing the UB population as a whole,” Ovadia said. “To that end, if anyone has any ideas, suggestions, [or] issues, I’d really like to hear from them.”

Thomas Scott, chair of the University Council Representative Committee, officially released the results via email on Monday. Ovadia is now the voice of the entire student body to the UB Council, a top university board that consists of nine governor-appointed members.

Only 539 UB students voted in the election (13 voters abstained from choosing a candidate), a slight increase from last year’s 490 but still less than 2 percent of the student body.

Ovadia, a 24-year-old junior business major, said he plans to find students whose voices haven’t been heard and bring their concerns to the Council. UB’s diverse campus leaves students with many different needs, and Ovadia said he plans on addressing that by establishing better communication between and among students, student governments, and other officials and organizations on campus, like the Council.

Continued on page 11

| News 3 | Life 3 | Arts 3 | Classifieds&Daily Delights 3 | Sports 3

Spectrum File Photo Daniel Ovadia defeated incumbent Mia Jorgensen in last week’s election for the UB Council’s student representative. While the departing Jorgensen is a graduate student, Ovadia is an undergraduate.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Continued from page 1: Sikander Khan Leaves Everlasting Black Eye on Student Association On Tuesday afternoon, The Spectrum contacted UB alum Omar Mehr, the founder of Abadan Inc. and CEO of Virtual Academix.

The Spectrum: Do you have some time to chat about your company, Virtual Academix?

Omar Mehr: Actually, I would not like to chat about that.

The Spectrum: You don’t want to talk about it?

Omar Mehr: No. It’s been referred to an attorney.

The Spectrum: Do you have a reason why you’ve retained an attorney since you aren’t being investigated or involved in a court case?

Omar Mehr: They’re better at this type of stuff than I am.

The Spectrum: What kind of stuff?

Omar Mehr: Whatever you guys want to know.

The Spectrum: You don’t even know what we want to know, so how do you know your attorney is better at it?

Omar Mehr: OK, I think we’re done.

The Spectrum: OK, thank you.

I know it because nobody is talking and everybody is hiding.

So I am using this space – an opinion column – to say it. I only have a week left at The Spectrum and feel this is my last chance.

Maybe the secret is Viqar Hussain – the UB alum with ties to SA, and, most troubling, to Khan.

In our investigation, I wrote that one of Hussain’s brothers used to study with Khan in the SA office. Hussain’s name was mentioned when I called the number listed on the Virtual Academix website. Hussain apparently lives in Boston – the headquarters of Virtual Academix – and is the founder of a similar technology company – Accel Mobile.

After The Spectrum’s April 11 investigative article on Virtual Academix ran, Hussain’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages disappeared. I called Mehr and he referred me to his lawyer, Lynne Blank, who, true to her name, offered me nothing except empty reassurances that the company was legitimate.

I find it hard to believe that Hussain isn’t somehow involved. He was an SA e-board member, a Muslim Student Association president (so was Khan), and – according to former SA sources – a man with a history of controversy.

ing this year that no one is going to remember she was vice president. SA officials say she was barely present all semester.

Still, it’s Khan who deserves the most scrutiny.

He’s the kind of guy who always has a plan.

But what is it this time?

Either he is protecting those who tried to con us all, or he is waiting until May 14 so he can get the hell out of here.

Khan has broken his silence only to offer off the record meanderings. He won’t say anything on the record, but claims to have proof that would clear his name.

But he’s waiting. Waiting for what?

Your guess is as good as mine. I doubt there is any evidence at all.

In a Facebook message earlier this week, to Senior Life Editor and 201213 Editor in Chief Aaron Mansfield, he wrote, “My mother found out about all this and she had decided that I should come back home. Hopefully, on May 14 I am leaving this country for good and I don’t see any reason to tell you anything.”

Classy exit, dude.

How can a CEO have nothing to say about his company or the $300,000 contract his company signed earlier this month?

How can anyone think Virtual Academix is legitimate?

So here it is – one of the shades of grey we have been too afraid to report anywhere else in our coverage: Virtual Academix is a scam.

I can’t prove it – like a good journalist should.

I can’t prove that Hussain is involved.

He is everywhere and he is nowhere.

I can’t find a listing for him, nor can I find a phone number to reach him. If I’m wrong, I would gladly run a retraction on Friday. My phone number is 716-645-8560, Viqar. Clear everything up for me.

Also among the silent is McMonagle, who turned her back on Spectrum reporters asking for an interview earlier this month. In doing that, she wasn’t just turning her back on us, but on every student at this university.

The SA leaders need to be accountable.

They need to answer for their actions.

Khan is an embarrassment to SA, to UB, and to the Muslim Student Association.

In the Facebook message to Mansfield, Khan claimed that he’s going to show the students what happened. He said he is going to use an alternative forum other than The Spectrum.

I’ll believe that when I see it.

Cheers, Sikander. Thanks for nothing.

Email: matthew.parrino@ubspectrum.com

Commencement Week Schedule Friday, April 27

9 AM - Medical Honors Program

At Slee Hall

2 PM - School of Medicine and Biomedical

Sciences (MD)

At Center for the Arts 3 PM - Lavender (LGBT) Reception

At 240 Student Union

Thursday, May 10

6 PM - Biomedical Sciences

(Graduate and Undergraduate)

At Center for the Arts

Friday, May 11

9 AM- Graduate School of Education

At Center for the Arts

11 AM - ALANA (Africn-American, Latino/a, Asian

and Native American) Celebration of Achievement

At Slee Concert Hall

1 PM - College of Arts and Sciences (Graduate)

At Center for the Arts

1 PM - School of Management

(Undergraduate)

At Alumni Arena

3:30 PM - Phi Beta Kappa Induction

(By Invitation Only)

At Slee Concert hall

5 PM - School of Architecture and Planning

At Center for the Arts

5 PM - School of Management (Graduate)

At Alumni Arena

6 PM - University Honors College (By Invitation Only)

At Research Studies Center/RPCI

Saturday, May 12

9 AM - School of Nursing

At Alumni Arena

9 AM - School of Social Work

At Center for the Arts

1 PM - School of Engineering and Applied Science

At Alumni Arena

1 PM - School of Public Health and Health Professions

At Center for the Arts

1 PM - School of Pharmacy

and Pharmaceutical Sciences

At Slee Concert Hall

5 PM - School of Dental Medicine

At Center for the Arts Sunday, May 13

10 AM - University Commencement (Undergraduate

Ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences Including All

Associate Degrees)

At Alumni Arena Saturday, May 19

3 PM - Law School

At Center for the Arts Tuesday, May 22

7 PM - Educational Opportunity Center

At Slee Hall

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Opinion A Crushing Blow Please, Say Gay

NHL must consistently punish and curb dangerous cheap shots The NHL playoffs this year have been as exciting as any other year in the sport’s history. Great games, upset victories, and impressive plays have been the norm for this postseason, but another issue has taken the limelight.

Fighting and rough play has always been a part of the game. Most people can only guess at the reason for brawling in hockey, but most ideas center on the fact that when the game was starting out there were no referees, and a player might need to enforce the rules with his fists, if need be.

Obviously, hockey and violence have a sort of emotional attachment. Going to games and watching them is an exciting experience, but when a fight breaks out the mood changes dramatically. Like other sports, it’s a kind of modern iteration of the Roman Colosseum.

Getting into fisticuffs with another player is one thing.

Each player has an opportunity to defend himself, and the risk of severe injury is low relative to an MMA fight. It’s an accepted part of the game, and players know to take that risk.

However, the actions going on in the NHL playoffs put hockey’s violence way over the top. Getting hit is a guarantee in hockey, but getting your head bashed into a wall isn’t playing the game, it’s seeking to injure.

That’s what happened to Detroit forward Henrick Zetterberg during a game against Nashville, and it’s not even the worst instance this postseason.

Penguins forward James Neal smashed Philadelphia’s Sean Couturier from the puck, basically leaping at the defenseless player. Only 40 seconds later, Neal threw an elbow to the head of Claude Giroux.

Take a look at headlines these days and you’ll probably be unable to tell what century you’re in. Somehow, it’s still acceptable to publicly advocate for ostracizing gay people. In Missouri, just talking about homosexuality anywhere but at home is apparently a problem.

That’s the essence of House Bill 2051 making its way through the Missouri state legislature, re-titled by opposition the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The bill says “no instruction, material, or extracurricular activity sponsored by a public school that discusses sexual orientation other than in scientific instruction concerning human reproduction shall be provided in any public school.”

Instead of talking about the great hockey being played, the headlines are going to injuries, dirty hits, and violence. Not only is it damaging to the public image of the game, it’s an unacceptable level of danger for its players.

Those times in rural Victorian Canada are over, though.

Violence has a different place, but still harkens back to those days. Fighting is used as a kind of punishment for players who dish out dirty hits on star players, or as a kind of retaliation.

Missouri continues a sickening trend

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Had Giroux not been able to move in time, it’s probable that he would have been injured by the play. Considering the fact that he’s already missed time for concussions, it’s incredibly irresponsible to wantonly throw an elbow at his head.

This is a question that every sport looking to gain mainstream popularity must ask itself. How important is the violence? Football seems to have answered that call and traded some of its violent nature for increased mainstream popularity. It’s now the most popular sport in the U.S. We’re not suggesting the game get soft. Many times in hockey’s history there have been rule changes to curb on excessive violence to ensure the sport’s survival. In 1977 the league added the “Third Man In” rule, preventing bench-clearing brawls that hampered the pace of the game radically.

Punishment of these dangerous plays needs to be consistent. NHL Vice President of Player Safety, Brendan Shanahan, needs to hand out stern and clear suspensions for potentially damaging plays. Players will continually make these dirty hits and cheap shots until it’s apparent to them that it’s not worth the time.

Basically, unless you’re talking about the sheer fact that it’s possible for two men to have sex, nothing about sexual orientation can be talked about in Missouri schools.

Bad news for the ’70s, which had many historical events tied to LBGT. No teaching about Kathy Kozachenko, the first openly gay candidate elected to office in the U.S. You can forget about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to office in the U.S., and his impact on the gay rights and counter-culture movement.

Don’t even think about mentioning his homosexuality if you want to teach about the “Twinkie defense” during his assassin’s trial.

Beyond the ’70s, Missouri wants to prevent children from knowing that Massachusetts was the first state to legalize gay marriage. Even if you agree or disagree with the idea, isn’t that an important moment in history?

Apparently not, according to Missouri.

It’s no longer the Show-Me State. Now it’s the Shut-Up State.

If not, we’ll continue to hear more and more stories of ex players with long-term brain damage, not remembering what they did five minutes ago.

We’ve seen legislators try to inject their ideological stance into the classroom before in red states with creationist laws aimed at teaching intelligent design “theories,” but this takes that precedent into very dangerous territory.

Not only is it aiming at forcing teachers to stop teaching something they deem important, it’s sending a horrible message to gay children. At schools, the place where we try to ensure our kids’ safety, they’re feeling more threatened than ever.

As we’ve seen over the last few months, this is doubly important for children just coming to terms with their sexuality. Jamey Rodemeyer in Williamsville, and, more recently, Kenneth Weishuhn of Iowa have both become high profile images of the bullying that gay teens face and its deadly consequences.

Yet, sadly, Missouri is telling those children that it’s not OK for teachers to talk about homosexuality except in a cold, scientific sense. It’s telling those kids that their history isn’t welcome, no matter how important it is.

Major supporters of the bill call it an attempt to keep a very political subject out of the classroom and in the home. Yet, it’s doubtful that any politicians would suggest that Roe v. Wade should not be taught in classrooms. It too is charged politically, yet it is a vitally important moment in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Amendments to the bill aim to allow for current events teaching on LBGT issues, but that alone is not nearly enough to save it. The history of LBGT people in the U.S., whether you think homosexuality is wrong or right, is an important aspect of the history of our great nation.

Winners will inevitably write history. In the scope of time, it’s clear that bigots are always the losers.

The Worst Question You Can Ask a College Senior “What are you doing after graduation?”

LUKE HAMMILL Senior News Editor

Welcome to The Spectrum’s second-annual Commencement Issue!

Not thrilled to be here?

If you’re a senior without definite post-UB plans, I don’t blame you, because you’ll soon be (if you’re not already being) bombarded with insecurity by that most probing question: “What are you doing after graduation?”

If you can’t answer it, you shouldn’t worry. Trust me.

I was in your same position last year.

(For those few who haven’t been rabidly following The Spectrum all year long: I graduated last May. I was asked to return to the newspaper in October due to a staffing emergency. For more details, see “The Interview That Never Was” at ubspectrum.com.)

Less than a year ago, I had no idea what I was going to do with my English degree and journalism certificate. When people asked me the dreaded plans-after-graduation question, I would sardonically deadpan, “Walk the Earth” – Jules Winnfield-style.

I was as stressed as any of you might be right now.

It was a confusing time. I had been very busy as an undergraduate; between maintaining good grades, working 40-plus hours per week for The Spectrum, working another outside job, playing bass and managing for a rock band, and doing my fair share of college partying, I never thought much about what would come next. There were so many exciting things going on in the present – why worry about the future?

As commencement approached, though, I began to acutely feel the force of what I perceived to be the freight train of Real Life, fast approaching, ready to crush me beneath its unforgiving tread.

Will I actually have to move back home with my family? Where am I going to work? Am I going to be stuck in Buffalo forever?!

I became jealous of friends who had lined up jobs and could calmly answer all those dreaded questions. I became cynical about the four years I had just spent in college. All that work, and for what?

I should have majored in business, or engineering, or pre-med.

We each had to make a PowerPoint slide for our Honors College graduation ceremony, and they wanted everyone to write his or her post-graduation plans. I actually wrote, “Walk the Earth.” At one point or another, I was probably serious about that.

I skipped the main commencement ceremony.

What’s the point of going? It’s just a piece of paper, and it hasn’t even earned me anything.

I was supposed to be feeling happy about graduating, but instead, I only felt depressed. I pretended to join in the celebrations of my success-bound friends, but I only ended up drinking too much, a sort of unconscious rebellion against the idea of “becoming an adult” at the snap of a university administrator’s finger.

Fast forward to today. Yes, I moved back home.

Yes, I worked dead-end, boring jobs that had nothing to do with my college major over the summer.

Yes, I returned to work at my college newspaper, even though I’m not in college.

Is that anyone’s dream scenario? Of course not.

Was it embarrassing? At first, kind of.

But returning to The Spectrum was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

I didn’t have a plan when I graduated. Some of my friends did. Of those friends, some are working at amazing, rewarding jobs, and some are at fantastic graduate schools, enjoying every minute.

My situation aside, it’s truly great to see them doing so well.

But others hate their jobs and feel pigeonholed.

Perhaps they decided too quickly about their postcollege plans.

Still more friends are still completing their undergraduate degrees. They are still alive. The Real Life freight train hasn’t passed them by.

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Matthew Parrino SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR James Twigg MANAGING EDITOR Edward Benoit EDITORIAL EDITOR James Bowe

NEWS EDITORS Luke Hammill, senior Rebecca Bratek Sara DiNatale, asst.

Lisa Khoury, asst.

LIFE EDITORS Aaron Mansfield, senior Keren Baruch Lyzi White Rachel Kramer, asst.

ARTS EDITORS Nick Pino, senior Vanessa Frith, senior Brian Josephs Elva Aguilar, asst.

Vilona Tranchtenberg, asst.

SPORTS EDITORS Tyler Cady, senior Bryan Feiler Nathaniel Smith

PHOTO EDITORS Meg Kinsley, senior Alexa Strudler Satsuki Aoi WEB EDITOR Matthew Parrino James Twigg GRAPHICS DESIGNER Haider Alidina

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Helene Polley ADVERTISING MANAGER Mark Kurtz CREATIVE DIRECTORS Nicole Manzo Aline Kobayashi ADVERTISING DESIGNER Aline Kobayashi Liam Gangloff, asst.

It wasn’t until I left The Spectrum last year that I realized how much I enjoyed working at a newspaper. I had a journalism certificate, but Buffalo isn’t exactly a journalism Mecca. As much as I love it, this city is lacking a bit in journalism opportunity.

So, in the fall, after a summer filled with great gigs for my band and about five different jobs, I decided to apply to graduate school and try another city. That same week, The Spectrum asked me to come back for a paying position in the meantime.

I was admitted to graduate school, and while I ran The Spectrum’s News Desk over the past seven months, I learned more about journalism than ever before – after college. I feel so much more prepared for grad school now than I would have been had I never returned. It’s funny how things work out.

The point of this glorified diary entry is to encourage seniors to enjoy their last few weeks of college instead of worrying about what will happen after they’re over. If you have a job already, that’s great – here’s to the future and a successful career.

If not, life goes on. Keep working hard, learning, making smart decisions, and trusting your better judgment after graduation, and I’m confident that you’ll end up in the right place.

Email: luke.hammill@ubspectrum.com

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Continued from page 1: Shaken Khan-fidence tions at UB, he kept a steady eye on SA’s higher-ups. He vividly remembers disagreeing with 2010-11 SA Treasurer Anthony Roman.

“I knew the SA finance department inside out, so I knew that we could run things more smoothly,” Khan said in a March interview.

dishwasher in Ellicott Complex for Campus Dining and Shops, then got a job at CIT, and then was an usher in Alumni Arena. Khan said he had the option of letting his parents support him, but he chose not to because he loved being able to earn his own money. He said that’s what kept him grounded.

So he chose to run for treasurer. He got 1,653 votes and it was enough to win – and to give him control of $3.6 million in student funds.

“If after I get elected I just sit here and enjoy the perks of being in office, I lose my connection to the students who voted for me,” Khan said in a March interview. “All it takes is one second for me to go back as a club e-board member and to know what the students are going through.”

During his tenure, Khan prided himself on those numbers. One of the first things people saw upon entering his office was a large piece of paper sitting atop a white-board. On it were big, bold characters:

He said he knew what his most complex obstacle would be: his limited time in office. Khan and the rest of the e-board only had 12 months to run SA, and he felt it was not enough time to implement all the changes he had planned.

1,653.

He made big moves and they’ve been well documented. Here are some of the smaller ones:

He said he wanted to make things better.

“The students who elected me gave me this power based off of my campaign promises,” Khan told The Spectrum in March . “It’s my job to make sure they actually get what they expect and not [just an empty] promise.

“My attitude is: ‘What do we need to do now?’

If what you’re doing brings pride to your organization and SA, I’ll work around every point of approval to make sure you get what you need.”

SA’s pride has come into question amidst the scandal, but before it, some club heads held Khan, the man who controlled their funds, in high esteem.

“Sikander always carried himself with integrity while standing up for all the [clubs],” said UB Students For Life President Christian Andzel, a sophomore history major, in March. “My club wouldn’t be where it is now without him.”

Khan incorporated a guidebook entitled Finances for Clubs – SA’s first ever e-board-friendly guidebook to help clubs better finance their budgets. In the past, clubs got that information during club orientation. Now they access it through the SA website.

Khan put an end to the tradition of SA’s eboard bonuses.

He said he wanted to provide equal services to all undergraduate students, and he promised they would get the most out of the mandatory student activity fee of $94. After getting into office, he realized the money collected from 19,000 students was given back to about 4,500 students.

He hates Fall Fest and Spring Fest and considers those concerts a waste of money because they benefit less than 25 percent of the student population.

Khan said he knows what it’s like to be a fulltime student with multiple jobs and responsibilities. Prior to becoming treasurer, he worked as a

That’s what made him search for a service that would reach all undergrads and ensure they get their money’s worth, he told The Spectrum. As a computer science major, he said the answer was simple: technology.

After months of research, he came up with a $300,000 initiative called SA Mobile and Cloud Services, which was supposed to consist of academic tools supported by top-notch mobile technology.

“SA has signed the contract for this project and [it is] currently going through administrative review to ensure all the necessary guidelines are followed,” Khan said in the late-March interview.

“Considering the academic importance and cost of this project, we made groundbreaking efforts and went above and beyond to fulfill all the guidelines…and we don’t see any [opposition] from the university administration.”

His plan didn’t hold up. In fact, it led to his resignation.

SA Vice President Megan McMonagle, who cosigned the Virtual Academix contract with Khan, has not spoken since the incident. The Spectrum interviewed McMonagle prior to the scandal.

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“Sikander [is committed] to the people he represents. His favorite question to university officials is: ‘How many people hired you? Because over 1,600 people elected me,’” McMonagle said.

“It is this attitude that I hope to remember and commit to…and I hope his successor may do the same.”

Khan did not respond to The Spectrum’s request for an interview for this article.

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Sunday filming a sketch about what it would be like if a NYS primary really did matter.

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Producers of The Daily Show read the column, and flew Hardwick to New York City to spend

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The skit stemmed from Hardwick’s quote: “It’s like being next in line for concert tickets when the ticket window closes.”

Don’t Be a Bird Be a wingwoman ELVA AGUILAR Asst. Arts Editor

Don’t be the friend who overanalyzes her friend’s intentions either.

It’s a warzone out there, ladies.

There are instances when you should intercept any post-bar plans, however. If she is, in fact, too drunk to think for herself then make your main concern getting her home safely. The boys can wait.

With the amount of thirst (see urbandictionary) growing in collegiate men’s minds, it’s important to have someone around to make sure you don’t wake up the next morning ashamed, for vanity’s sake at least.

I’m not prominent in the night scene in Buffalo, but the handful of times I have ventured out into the mean streets of the Queen City I’m sure to have a girlfriend or two around.

We watch shows like Jersey Shore and movies like I Love You, Man and it’s plain to see that men have the art of courting pretty much figured out. If their friend happens to catch the eye of a willing and able female, they’ll be there for her annoying friend who can’t stand the sight of seeing her girl get some play.

If she has a boyfriend/girlfriend, fiancé, etc., stop her immediately from making any mistakes that could permanently affect her future.

That’s one rule men don’t stereotypically grasp, but I still firmly believe in it.

If your friend is naïve to the games that are common at social events, give her a heads up, but from there, let her make her own decisions.

I’m a firm believer in letting people choose their own destiny, so long as it’s done intelligently.

Yes, ladies, quit blocking. If your friend is in sound state of mind, by which I mean she’s not one sip away from a nip slip, and she seems interested, then let her play the game.

I’m not promoting promiscuity or unsafe sex.

I am promoting allowing a girl to flirt and bask in the glory of some drunken loser drooling over her. If she chooses to make out with him, that’s her decision. If she chooses to have sex with him – as long as she does it safely – then that’s also her decision.

We live in a world where women have become savvier to the methods men take to impress them. Some women share mutual intentions and as long as they choose to release their demons safely with contraceptives, there shouldn’t be a problem.

Men understand this concept and, sadly, their loyalty to each other always surpasses that between women. That’s not to say you should go out and find a random guy to seduce, but if the opportunity arises, know how to be a wingwoman.

Don’t be the friend who becomes jealous when her friends attract guys and resort to not letting her get hers because you don’t want to be the only girl sleeping alone that night. It’s one thing to stop some random guy from getting laid, but don’t stop your girlfriends from doing what they want.

Trust me, constantly taking the liberty to reject every man that flirts with your girlfriends will leave you with nothing to do on weekends.

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UB Needs to Turn Out EDWARD BENOIT Managing Editor

I was asked on Tuesday (April 24) to cover New York’s Republican Primary elections here at UB (which, as it turns out, is its own district, at least when it comes to the Republican Primaries, evidently). The brief hard news article that I was supposed to write was never written, however.

Why? Just one person voted, that’s why. (Plus two affidavit votes.)

And because writing a 2,500-character treatment of an event next to no one participated in (literally!) seemed rather silly, I decided to parley the interviews and research I did into this column.

The fact I really like writing columns also played into this decision, it should be noted.

On a more serious note, though, pretty much everything wrong with the American electoral process manifest itself to me throughout the course of my journalistic endeavors on Tuesday. For 15 uneventful hours, Student Union 145B was a microcosm of everything that needs to change if American politics is going to stop being the bi-

zarre, frightening laughingstock that it is.

First, let’s start with some numbers. UB has a little over 19,000 undergraduate students, a little under 10,000 graduate and professional students, and about 2,600 academic staff members. As an interesting historical point of comparison, the number of people on UB’s campus on a weekday during the academic year is comparable to the number of full male Athenian citizens at the height of Athens’ power before the Peloponnesian War. (Why, yes, I am in a Greek history class this semester.)

Seriously, UB, you can do better than this. I’ve seen the way you react to tattoo columns you don’t like. Get mad (or at least involved) in something more important.

Don’t think, however, that this is going to turn into an inane “Rock the Vote”-type column. Honestly, a big part of the reason no one votes is because our political system is hopelessly broken.

When I asked Tim Van Oss of UB’s College Republicans whether he thought his vote mattered, his response was telling:

The number of people in this polis-sized campus who are actually registered to vote in its district?

Fifteen.

“Absolutely not. Especially because I live in the city of Buffalo, because being a Republican here doesn’t really count for much of anything.”

“How many people are on this campus? I should think there’d be more than 15,” said Charlie Missana, the chairperson of the district polls, taking the words right out of my mouth.

Ignoring for a moment the fact the Republican Primaries are a foregone conclusion at this point, the staggered nature of the primaries inherently renders the ones held later much less important than those held first. Likewise, because of the way states’ population is represented in Congress, the votes of people living in small states are actually worth more, proportionally speaking, than those in larger states. Throw the Electoral College into the mix, which pretty much renders your vote for president worthless unless you happen to live in Ohio or Florida, and it’s not hard to see why voter turnout is so low.

Of course, there are a number of mitigating factors to consider here. Most UB students and faculty are registered through their home district (myself included). Primaries, too, it should be noted, historically bring low turnouts.

“The turnout’s usually, in a primary, very low to begin with,” said Missana. “It’s only 10 percent to begin with. So 10 percent of 15 is 1.5, so we’re almost there!”

This doesn’t begin to excuse the embarrassing lack of participation and registration, however – the Republican Primaries are hardly the only example of UB’s legendary apathy. The SA elections only manage a 10 percent turnout each year, and that’s with the candidates practically begging for votes all day when the polls are open. The less high-profile University Council Student Representative elections got a whopping 2 percent student turnout.

Marsha Trosterud, another volunteer overseeing the polls (which, by the way, how sad is it that the volunteers outnumbered the number of people who voted?), made another good point: “Students are probably more concerned about their finals than who’s going to win.”

This really got me thinking about the logistical hurdles or, more often, quotidian concerns that sometimes keep people from voting. Seriously, why are elections held in the middle of the work-

week? Or, more to the point, why isn’t Election Day (at least for the president) a civil holiday?

If you’re going to throw out the argument that we have too many civil holidays as it is, or that Election Day is somehow not important enough to warrant a day off, consider the following proposition: we should get rid of Columbus Day. Columbus Day is without a doubt the most pointless and, I would argue, most offensive holiday deemed important enough to skip work for. 1) Columbus didn’t discover the Americas, the Vikings did; 2) You can’t really “discover” a continent with an indigenous human population that’s thousands of years old, anyway; 3) Columbus maintained until his death that it was actually India he had “discovered,” despite this not making sense to virtually everyone who was alive then, so he wasn’t exactly competent; 4) Columbus definitely killed and pillaged a peaceful population, which is behavior that doesn’t exactly warrant getting a holiday named after you.

To get off the topic of Columbus for a second, the fact that everyday concerns potentially stifle the voices of millions of people throughout the country is a sad proposition, and one our democracy should endeavor to change.

I’ve covered a lot in this column, and I could write a lot more on this topic. It’s no secret the American political system is in a sorry state of affairs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I dare to dream of an America where, among other things, the turnout for a national election at a 33,000-strong college campus breaks into the double-digits.

Call me crazy.

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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain LISA DE LA TORRE Staff Writer Until April 5, senior Thawab Shibly was adamant about avoiding talk of the future. Unsure of what life would entail after graduation, she dodged the conversation any time it came up.

This all changed that day – she discovered she had been accepted into the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) Program.

The ETA Program is an element of the esteemed Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which offers recent college graduates the opportunity to travel abroad for one academic year in the area of their choice, according to the Fulbright website.

Through the program, Shibly, an English and political science major, will be traveling to Jordan this coming September to teach English to Jordanian students. In addition, she hopes to focus her individual research project on the oral history of Palestinian refugees living in Jordan.

Shibly’s passion for helping others is a result of her conscientious upbringing. Her parents, both dentists, have been extremely supportive throughout the process – they are the ones who sparked her interest in human rights.

“They’ve always wanted me to become a dentist…but recently they’ve seen more of a value in what I’ve been trying to accomplish,” Shibly said. “[At home] we never sit and talk about teeth. We talk about what’s going on in the world. My parents raised us to be very conscious individuals, and when I went to college…I wanted to get into the stuff that they taught me.”

Shibly’s family moved to Buffalo from Syria when she was only 1 year old, and has lived in Buffalo ever since. Shibly, however, has trav-

eled to and from the Middle East many times in recent years on humanitarian trips, helping and working with people in places like Lebanon and Palestine – more specifically the West Bank.

While visiting Palestine, she worked with a non-governmental organization, Project Hope, and taught English to refugees of all ages. She considers the time that she spent there the best summer of her life.

“They live in these camps and these tight conditions…yet they just have so much hope and they’re so eager to learn,” Shibly said. “They have such a huge focus on education…learning from them really pushed me. I don’t think I would have a Fulbright or think of applying to it without the people I’ve met there.”

There is a lot Shibly wants to get done personally while she’s in Jordan. She hopes to live up to the Fulbright expectation that each scholar will represent America in a positive light, and ultimately create positive, strong ties with foreigners that neither party will forget. She also hopes to reconnect with her roots by taking Arabic courses and simply immersing herself in Middle Eastern culture.

“The great thing about being American is that you can speak any language and be from anywhere in the world and still call yourself an American. I think this [next] year will help me find a balance between these two supposedly different cultures,” Shibly said. “There’s no room for stereotypes in this world, and you fear what you don’t know…I’ve been blessed in that I can try to be that link.”

Excited as she is to embark on her year abroad, she admits that she wouldn’t have made it this far without her family, professors, and friends.

She considers herself to be the “number one procrastinator” and acknowledges that without the

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Thawab Shibly, who has been accepted into the Fulbright program, will fulfill her passion for helping others in Jordan where she will be teaching underprivileged students following graduation.

Today UB, ToMorrow Tennessee MAX CRINNIN Staff Writer Robert Morrow, a senior chemical engineering major, has just signed on the dotted line for a new life.

Morrow is on the path to an exceptional career.

He recently accepted a job at Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tenn., after a triumphant undergraduate experience here at UB. He has a long list of honors, skills, and experiences, but none of that comes through when he humbly discusses his successful past and bright future.

It was hard work that got him to where he is today.

Morrow was an intern at Eastman last summer, where he fell in love with more than just the manufacturing facility. He found himself at home in the beautiful mountains of Kingsport and in the arms of a new girlfriend and fellow intern at the company.

Morrow has long envisioned his future career in the chemical industry. Eastman makes chemicals, plastics, and fibers, which it hands off to other

companies for products like Nalgene bottles and cigarette filters.

Overall, his internship at Eastman was like striking gold after a long search for the right job, Morrow said. He enjoyed his job, the town, and the people.

“I knew I did pretty well, and the upturn in the economy helped out in getting the job,” Morrow said. “Some of my fellow interns, who are now my friends, will also be working there.”

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The New Spot to Quench Your Thursday Thirst DUANE OWENS Staff Writer It’s 11 p.m. on a Thursday and the combination of heels on the sidewalk and Meek Mill blasting through speakers is taking over Main St. Down past Just Pizza and Northside Bar, there are women gliding to the front of the line while guys wait impatiently to enter the popular bar Mojo’s.

The Lambda Sigma Upsilon (LSU) fraternity has resurrected Latin Thursdays, an entire night dedicated to Latin American music and dancing, after a two-year hiatus. The pre-weekend activity is held at Mojo’s instead of its old venue, Sangria’s.

LSU figured this was perfect timing for a return, especially because of new laws being established in Buffalo.

“We wanted to bring the people what they wanted,” said Gardel Espinal, a junior advertising and marketing major. “Especially because now Buffalo passed that new law that you can’t have 18 and over parties on Chippewa and around Elmwood, so we thought we’d have Latin Thursdays so people can have fun on Thursdays again.”

The strong turnout proved Espinal right. People socialized and danced while bartenders remained busy making multiple drinks at a time and being thanked with smiles and dollar bills.

Bouncers are not as stressed on Latin Thursdays compared to the average weekend nights because there are no college students peeing all over the floor in the bathroom and no drunken stumbling.

People dress to impress even though there is no enforced formal dress code.

The brothers of Lambda Sigma Upsilon have brought back Latin Thursdays at Mojos, providing students with an outlet to begin their weekend partying.

The mass of people that show up every Thursday night is no longer shocking to the members of LSU. They’ve been hosting these nights for two months. Without flyers, LSU has relied on word of mouth and social networks to get the news traveling.

“It has been good, this is the fourth week,” said Krystal Diaz, a senior psychology and early childhood major. “I heard about it through my friends.”

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Continued from page 8: Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain help of others to stay on track, she may not have even applied for the Fulbright in the first place.

Her best friend of eight years is senior English and political science major Erin Willis. According to Shibly, Willis has played a huge role in opening her eyes to the world, though they come from different faiths and backgrounds.

“Thawab is a lot better at managing stress and activities [than I am]. I also think that her more laid back personality makes her a more approachable person,” Willis said.

Shibly hasn’t always been as positive as she is now. In addition to having a fluctuating GPA, she was also the victim of extreme racism over the last semester, having had a swastika keyed into the side of her car twice.

After the event she reached one of her lowest points at UB and couldn’t wait to graduate and leave without looking back.

However, with the support of her family and friends, she decided not to give up on her beliefs.

She knows that if she comes across another hurtful instance, it will only make her stronger.

Continued from page 9: The New Spot to Quench Your Thursday Thirst “It’s good because it’s Latin and we don’t really have any [events]. Everything is predominantly mainstream,” said Marlene Ferreris, a senior geography major.

With this many people in attendance, the bartenders’ tips are pretty healthy and Mojo’s is making money off the cover charge at the front door.

“Usually what we do is that we take [the money from] the 21 and over and we will split the [money from the students] 18 and over,” Espinal said. “Of the 21 [year-olds], Mojo’s makes their money at the bar. We make a profit from when they come in.”

With brothers of the LSU fraternity advertising their Latin Thursdays parties to their friends on Facebook, they expect the crowd to keep growing.

Latin Thursdays are buzzing and new attendees are making plans to be at the next party.

Email: features@ubspectrum.com This unfaltering dedication and passion is what she thinks has led to her success.

“Being passionate about something and showing that you’re dedicated is important…in the end, if you stick by what you believe in, nobody can really stop you,” Shibly said. “Just get into it. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

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Healthy Living with The Spectrum Have confidence when you’re working out AARON MANSFIELD Senior Life Editor This is the final health and fitness column of the semester so I want to make sure I leave you with an important message – on a topic I know everyone (regardless of whether or not you work out) struggles with: self-confidence.

Look at yourself in the mirror and say it with me: “I am beautiful.” Now say it slow: “I… am…” OK, I’m just kidding – but seriously, if there’s any lesson I’ve learned in my few years of working out, it is this: you need to believe in yourself and stop comparing yourself to others. If you do this, you will move forward.

You know how we all have that friend who’s in absolutely incredible shape? You know, that guy or girl that appears to be Photoshopped?

Here’s a secret you might not know: that person is just as self-conscious as you are. My friend Ben is the one who really made me serious about weight lifting; he’s my version of “that friend.”

Ben is huge, ripped, and everything other word that’s synonymous with “fit.” He lifts twice as much as me. But Ben always compares himself to a bigger guy at the gym and that leaves him feeling insufficient.

Though at this point she has not been informed of specific travel dates, she knows that by Sept. 1 she will be in Jordan – one step closer to reaching her goals of helping others.

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To summarize some topics from this semester…

1. Eat oatmeal!

2. You don’t need to spend a lot of money to make big changes 3. Stay reminded of your motivation 4. Make sure you have some good music for your workout 5. You’ve got to stick to your diet and workout plan when you’re traveling 6. Fruits and veggies before a workout, tuna or chicken after 7. For big arms, do all your triceps first and then do biceps – and triceps are the key to size 8. Don’t be ‘that guy’ at the gym 9. You need to do abs at least every other day and you need to go hard when you work them out if you really want a six-pack 10. Make sure you eat healthy even when you’re drunk (plan ahead), and there are healthy alcohol options Get fit this summer There’s no better time to get fit than this summer because this is when all your hard work will be on display. Wouldn’t it be great to come back to school with a new body?

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There’s another friend of mine who has virtually the same physique I do, but our mentalities are totally different. In middle school, he was the kid who was too skinny and I was the chubby kid. It’s strange – if we both miss a workout, I’ll feel fat and lazy and he’ll feel thin and weak.

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directly together at Eastman headquarters, but they plan to enjoy the new work environment and the lives they’ve chosen together.

Morrow is a big fan of the outdoors and he said that choosing Eastman had a lot to do with the location. One of his major choices was deciding whether to live in Kingsport or a neighboring city with a more exciting nightlife and youthful community.

“How can I best reach out to a dental student? That’s something I need to know now,” Ovadia said. “How can I best reach out to an MBA student?

I think that the people who deal with them more regularly will have better ideas than I can come up with.”

The choice was a no-brainer for Morrow. He decided to live in the neighboring Johnson City and is set to start his new life at the end of July.

Ovadia also encourages students to watch the UB Council videos that are posted online, so they can better understand the Council’s role.

“I’ve been in New York all my life and I think it will be pretty interesting to move full time to a new place with a new area to explore,” Morrow said. “I can’t wait to go camping.”

The UB Council oversees UB’s advisory board, president, and senior officers. The council exists in accordance with New York State education law, and the nine members appointed by the governor serve seven-year terms.

Morrow prefers working in the manufacturing environment over extensive laboratory work; he gained a lot of experience doing that with Eastman last summer. As an intern, Morrow implemented time and money saving tools for several of Eastman’s operations.

When Morrow starts his new job he will be working in a pilot plant on small-scale equipment used to collect information before they are used on the large scale.

“This is definitely what I want to do,” Morrow said. “The plant really uses the processes we’ve learned over our last four years of school.”

Working with chemicals is something he has always enjoyed. In high school, he knew that a hands-on career in engineering was right for him, and the positive influence of his chemistry teacher pushed him toward chemical engineering. Morrow said that he got the solid engineering knowledge he was looking for from UB, who has a well-established program in the field.

Morrow enhanced his skills and developed new ones by joining clubs at UB and doing other extra-curricular activities. He is currently the Vice President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at UB, and also plays intramural soccer and basketball, among other academic and non-academic activities.

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Robert Morrow has worked hard to achieve his goals of a successful future and after graduation he is heading to Tenn. to work at his dream company and finally spend time with his girlfriend.

Despite his personal drive and ability to create opportunities for himself, Morrow says that his biggest inspiration and influence has always been his friends.

“I have some older friends that have done impressive things and [have] been able to give me advice on how to find jobs or internships,” Morrow said.

“They’ve motivated me and helped me develop leadership skills.”

He has struggled to stay well rounded with the heavy load of work that chemical engineering students take on at UB, but his friends have set an example to do many things at once successfully. They also have helped him take time to enjoy life and do things for fun.

Morrow’s friends have always considered him a hard worker who could do anything that he set his mind to. Ever since high school – where he was valedictorian – his work was something that made him stand out. Morrow’s friends take note of his accomplishments, but appreciate him for his loyal

The Council is chaired by billionaire Jeremy M. Jacobs, owner of Delaware North Companies and the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins. Other notable members are Robert T. Brad of Moog and Mark J. Czarnecki of M&T Bank.

The Council’s duties include reviewing all major plans and activities of the university and making recommendations and regulations regarding community and alumni relations.

While not a frequent occurrence, one of the council’s most important responsibilities is to recommend a candidate for president – when the position is open – for approval by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

Jorgensen couldn’t be reached for comment following the election’s results, but during the race, she described Ovadia as having “great ideas and energy.”

When The Spectrum met with both candidates to make an endorsement, Jorgensen said students would have a good representative regardless of who wins.

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friendship and good company.

“He always did the things that were well respected and we looked up to him in that regard,” said Justin Cole, a lifelong friend of Morrow’s and recent Syracuse University graduate. “I would definitely say he’s inspiring. I think it’s tough for college students to think about the end goal, especially when you’re in school doing a lot of things, but Rob has done a lot to prepare himself and it feels very natural that he has gotten the job now.”

Morrow’s natural progression is something admired by those close to him and the future is set for even more admirable accomplishments. His longterm goals include working to benefit the environment and potentially taking on the business side of chemical engineering.

For now, he is ready to graduate and looks forward to relaxing before his journey to Tennessee.

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“The threat of a lawsuit was always a topic of discussion during closed meetings,” said an SA senator who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the hearings. “All of the Senate’s actions in relation to IVCF were implemented in a way so as to ensure that the UB Student Association would be in the best possible situation.”

Senator Kittie Pizzutelli said the possibility of a lawsuit didn’t get in the way of making a choice regarding the club. Pizzutelli said it was necessary to uphold the rules and regulations outlined by the Student Code of Conduct. But Valdez believes it wasn’t a hard choice to make in IVCF’s case.

“The decision that we made was simple,” Valdez said. “If you don’t follow the SA constitution and the UB guidelines, we can’t have you as a club.”

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Liar, Liar Pants on Fire; Cheater, Cheater Pumpkin Eater KEREN BARUCH Life Editor

And no matter how many times your friends and family try to tell you otherwise, you believe him.

This is the final sex column of the semester, so it’s crucial to end with a bang. A bang with the girl you’ve been fantasizing about for quite some time, the most scandalous and potentially dangerous type – a bang behind your girlfriend’s back.

We’ve all heard the phrase: “once a cheater, always a cheater.”

Most of us agree with this term – probably those of us that have been unlucky enough to be fooled by a significant other. Those of us that have believed his phone did, in fact, die while in reality he was making his other girl moan on Friday night.

Then there’s the other, much smaller side of society: the side that believes that cheating is acceptable. Usually these people are the ones that throw around the words “I love you” and the ones that hold the motto “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” close to their hearts.

“It’s not like we’re going to get married,” they say. “It’s OK if I mess around with someone else for the night. She’ll never find out.”

This group of cheaters must know what they’re doing is immoral, right? Well, that’s debatable. Many genuinely believe that they should get away with their actions. They think that their excuses are enough.

These sneaky types may even be able to convince you that you’re the reason that they went behind your back – they try to make you feel guilty and as if you are the one to blame.

“Well if you were more exciting maybe I wouldn’t have felt the need to go to her; clearly you were doing something wrong to even drive me to that point,” they say to make themselves feel better about cheating.

Never let yourself get suckered into agreeing with a cheater’s rationale, and never let yourself get to the point where you deem it acceptable.

You can sympathize with a friend that made a mistake and kissed someone else behind his girlfriend’s back one night. You can explain to him that nobody’s perfect and that there is a chance he can make up for his actions and heal the wounds he inflicted on his girlfriend.

What you cannot do is tell him that his actions are by any means OK. Going behind someone’s back – someone that loves and appreciates you – is one of the most hurtful things you can do. Breaking up with your girlfriend before hooking up with someone else is a significantly smarter idea than being deceptive and cheating on her.

Yet there are still those a-holes out there that attempt to play two girls at once.

The act of cheating seems to occur most in long-distance relationships where the idea of “out of sight, out of mind,” is thrown around. In these cases, people probably feel as if they’ve been good for so long and deserve a night off or they feel so suffocated by that someone who is so far away and they just need to give in to the touch of someone – whether it be their significant other or not.

If you can’t handle the distance then end what you have – it’s as simple as that.

When a partner in a relationship gets so drunk that he ends up waking up next to someone else, he thinks that his actions are forgivable because they were done under the heavy influence of alcohol. But they’re not. When she finds out that you slept with someone else, whether you were sober or drunk, she will be equally hurt.

The worst part of the entire swindling, lying, and deceiving phenomenon is that most of the time the person being cheated on does not terminate the relationship.

Usually the people who are victims in these situations actually forgive their partners. This ultimately leads to their partners continuously cheating on and hurting them because they think that it is forgivable.

Not to play the therapist here, but I think every girl that has been cheated on and has remained in the deteriorated relationship truly needs to find more confidence and find the courage to break up with the boy that clearly has too tight of a grasp on her heart.

If he’s not breaking up with you, yet he’s getting with other girls, it’s not because he “loves you and is trying to figure his emotions out.” It’s because he’s trying to have his cake and eat it too – and you’re letting him.

No excuse is an acceptable one. If you’re the one doing the cheating, it’s time to do everyone a favor and end the relationship before you hurt her, and inevitably, your reputation. If you’re even willing to betray her then you’re not actually in love with her.

Stop thinking with your penis and start thinking with your brain.

And girls, if your boyfriend is continuously going behind your back and doing the dirty with someone else, end whatever it is you have. He’s just not that into you, and although I hate to be the one to grace you with this harsh truth, someone’s got to do it.

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The other side, however, is currently JAMES TWIGG Senior Managing Editor experiencing a high dose of extrastrength panic. No matter how hard I try, my brain forces me to ask myself questions like “what if I never find a decent job?” or “What if I can’t pay off my loans?” or “what if I end up I remember when I was transitioning living in my parents’ house for the from middle school to high school; next 10 years?” every one of my teachers told me that high school was going to be so much Granted, the last question doesn’t more difficult. That teachers weren’t hold up seeing as how my parents going to hold my hand anymore and would kick me out long, long before that it was all up to me. that 10-year mark. Still, it’s a rather nerve-racking time in my life and I’m I was terrified. sure, considering that I’m graduating with a class of probably around 4,000 Lo and behold, when I got there I students, that I’m not the only one found out that it really wasn’t all who feels this way. that bad. That, when all was said and done, it didn’t feel like that big of a step. Then, they told me the same thing going into college.

Once again, my panic set in.

Yet again I found out that the change had been overhyped. That, while it was more work, it wasn’t as big of a deal as everyone had told me it would be. It never felt like I was overwhelmed to the point that I felt unprepared or hampered. Rather, it felt more like a natural progression than a giant life-changing step.

Now, with my college career swiftly coming to a close, these same claims have begun to resurface. As I take off my student cap and prepare to step into this “real world” that I’ve been hearing about since I was 5, everyone around me seems to be harping on how drastic of an impact this next step will have.

The rational side of me thinks that it will be like all of the other “next steps” in my life. That it’s all hype, with little substance to actually back up the bold claims. After all, college

So, for all of my fellow graduating seniors, here is my one tidbit of semihelpful, semi-obvious advice: relax, because despite all of the “steps” you’ve taken, it was your first that really taught you what you needed to know this whole time. Always try your hardest and you’ll succeed.

Now, for those of you reading this who are just starting your college career, you’re probably not freaking out yet, but don’t let this be just another forgettable read. I promise you that one day, no matter your major or academic standing, you’ll still find yourself having one of these mini freak-outs about your future. When that time comes, just tell yourself that if you try your hardest then you’ve done all you can and panicking isn’t going to help.

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Class of 2012 Marches On… ELVA AGUILAR Asst. Arts Editor

ELVA AGUILAR Asst. Arts Editor Literature will always outlive those who write it and, in fall 2010, a group of UB undergraduates, along with UB English professor Stephen McCaffery, made sure another piece of work had the same longevity.

I didn’t decide to pursue higher education until November 2007 during my senior year of high school when I joined Veronica Labrador’s Spanish 4 class. Ironically, I registered for the course because I needed filler for my schedule as a senior.

McCaffery, along with his Modern and Contemporary Poetry class, took a visit to the Poetry Collection located on the fourth floor of Capen Hall.

What began as a routine visit to look at works of literature in their first edition, many being one-ofa-kind pieces of literature, ended up as a class effort to preserve Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons (1912).

I was accepted into Ms. Labrador’s alma mater – St. Bonaventure University, a private school approximately 80 miles from Buffalo – in March 2008. I gained admission into their exclusive Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) and was forced to leave my hometown the night I graduated to attend Bonaventure’s mandatory HEOP five-week summer program.

Senior English major Andrew Borchik was one of the driving forces in this movement. According to Borchik, the class was required to pick a piece of literature they admired in The Poetry Collection and write a response paper. The compromised condition of these books left Borchik in shock and compelled him to take action.

Tender Buttons serves as Stein’s pivotal and most popular work, and the class refurbished the first edition book.

“I started to think about my conversation with the books themselves, my experiences [at UB], and what we can do as students to help Special Collections and The Poetry Collection preserve this material for future generations of students,” Borchik said. “Your conversation with poetry isn’t necessarily whether you like it or not…[it’s] what it means on a higher level and how can I interact with it.”

Elva Aguilar /// The Spectrum UB English professor Stephen Mccaffery along with his Modern and Contemporary Poetry class from Fall 2010 worked together with curator Michael Basinski to refurbish legendary poet, Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons.

expressed his experience in bringing Stein’s book back to life as a way for his classmates to leave their literary mark at UB. “[UB students can] all have this experience. It’s available to us,” Borchik said. “There’s other people around the world that might like poetry, or read or write poetry, [and] this experience isn’t available to them. So we can do this as UB students…to preserve this for future generations.”

libraries, including those at Yale University or Emory University.

As a student, Borchik never expected to be face to face with so many original works from acclaimed authors like James Joyce, Charles Dickens, and Geoffrey Chaucer.

“My mind has been blown in this room,” Borchik said. “When Professor [Joseph] Valente brought us to this room…[original] Shakespeare and [Edgar Allen] Poe. You don’t see that everyday.”

According to Michael Basinski, curator of The Poetry Collection, the process of refurbishing a book isn’t complex because of how much time it takes, but how rare the activity is. As told to newsletter UB Libraries Today, Professor Mccaffery also expressed his happiness with the determination of his students.

Basinski hopes that Professor McCaffery, Borchik, and his classmates can be held as an example for other students to also take the step toward familiarizing themselves with not only the Poetry Collection, but also all the works in Special Collections, hidden gems to the majority of UB students.

“In my entire history of teaching, this spontaneous collective gift was unprecedented,” McCaffery said. “To me, it indicates the value placed on rare and fragile items. It was a rare gesture, and in our current predominantly digital world, an almost revolutionary gesture.”

“There are 140,000 first editions beginning in 1900 behind these walls,” Basinski said. “There [are] very few places in the world…where someone can walk in and look at [the book] and actually touch [it]. This is the public’s poetry.”

“It’s your choice to open a book, just as much as it is your choice to open this door,” Borchik said.

“You have to have the initiative…[this part of Capen] brings the entire experience of reading to another level.”

The Modern and Contemporary Poetry course mainly consisted of higher level English students, most of whom will graduate this May. Borchik

According to Basinski, UB’s Special Collections holds resources that are extremely rare and won’t be found in some of the country’s most prestigious

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Borchik believes that the responsibility of knowing this diamond in the rough lies in the student because of how the Special Collections and The Poetry Collection are in a hidden part of campus.

I made great friends at St. Bonaventure and picked up some amazing learning habits I wouldn’t have acquired otherwise. Thank you, Margaret Bryner and Veronica Williams, for taking that chance on me.

Unfortunately, St. Bonaventure’s population, which was about the same size as my high school’s, and the constant social microscope on people of color in the rural town of Olean, N.Y., put the brakes on my “good journey.” By the time Spring Break came around, I was accepted at UB as a transfer student and had my sights set on starting over and enjoying my college career.

My hopes were quickly deflated, however, when I realized my credits from St. Bonaventure’s Journalism and Mass Communication Department didn’t directly transfer into the communication major at UB. My own ignorance led me to believe the two programs were similar, but it took me a year at UB to realize they weren’t. I’ve since become an English major and wouldn’t change that for the world.

On Monday, I came into the Student Union as I do every day, to work at The Spectrum and saw all the activities the UB Alumni Association had for the Class of 2012. All my classmates lined up, grinning from ear to ear without a care in the world, and put a knot in my stomach that only a talk with my mother could buffer.

Despite my mother’s warm words, I can still see what my HEOP classmates and UB seniors are doing on Facebook or Twitter. I log on to these sites to see my old friends in their caps and gowns showing off their graduation rings and discussing their final events before commencement. I see them preparing for graduate school, internships, or their final move out of Buffalo and can’t help but feel a step behind.

John Kehoe and his company are currently showing his brainchild 420 The Musical on April 27, 28 and May 5.

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The Toke of the Town ADRIEN D’ANGELO Staff Writer The Mighty High (John Kehoe) can’t help but make a dramatic entrance.

Boxers, a Hawaiian shirt, and a Burger King crown adorn his majesty, as fairies pass him some smoke-able materials. Cruising his way to center stage, he greets his visitors with a yawn, lays back in his La-Z-Boy, and looks up from orange-tinted sunglasses. It’s a look that assures The Land of 420 is safe again.

Last Saturday, the laughter wasn’t only due to over-use. The Vault host-

ed John Kehoe’s glorious comedy, 420 the Musical, which kept the audience members of the small venue on Main Street thoroughly entertained.

The musical’s writer, director, and actor, John Kehoe, began the night with an important announcement.

“There will be some smoking on stage. It’s nothing harmful, but I thought I’d let you know,” Kehoe said.

And just like that, it began.

4:20 is the time and date associated with smoking marijuana, and exactly one year ago, Kehoe was pet-sitting for his Aunt’s dog Arlow when an idea hit him.

“I was listening to classical music and Arlow was there; just hanging out. I was rolling another joint and I thought, ‘There should be something going on tonight. There should be a play about 420,’ so I started jotting some ideas down,” Kehoe said.

Due to his improvisational background as a member of Comedy Sportz, Buffalo’s best-known improv

comedy group, Kehoe wrote the play expecting things would be changed.

He brought the drafts to rehearsals and had workshops where the material was rewritten and reworked by the cast.

“It was an incredibly safe environment to apply our craft and take a risk,” said Nick Russo, who played the roles Pat and Bud. The story follows Jerry (Thorin Vallentin), an every-day weed smoker who falls asleep after inhaling some grass, winding up in a mystical place known as The Land of 420. He finds Continued on page 18

Luckily for my ego, a lot of students at UB find themselves in the same predicament. There are students who chose to take hiatus after high school.

There are some in programs that require them to stay an undergrad for five or six years, and others who are nontraditional students who also don’t get to graduate exactly four years after their high school commencement. But the feeling of not being as good as my classmates still plagues me from time to time.

Regardless, I’m proud of my classmates – even the ones I don’t know.

Attending college is a pipe dream where I come from, but my HEOP experience has taught me that finishing is the reward. Cynical thoughts about education aside, a degree brings you an opportunity; the rest is up to you.

Congratulations to the Class of 2012, not only at UB or St. Bonaventure, but everywhere my old classmates are. I’ll see you guys on the other side.

Just give me another year.

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A Week in Ink: Issue No. 50 NICOLAS PINO Senior Arts Editor

With commencement a few weeks away and spring semester coming to a climatic close, summertime has once again crept its way back into Buffalo. Somewhere between killer pool parties, lounging around the progenitor’s place, and that part-time resume builder, here’s a list of nine graphic novels best taken out from under the bed, or the local library, and prepare you for a lifelong love of the medium.

Origin: The True Story of Wolverine

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Batman: The Killing Joke Thought Heath Ledger brought the Clown Prince of Crime to life on the big screen? One of the many sources the postmortem savant read while preparing for his part was Alan Moore’s iconic take on the absolute insane psyche of the Dark Knight’s numberone nemesis, The Killing Joke. But, before readers get swept away by one of Moore’s most quintessential Batman books, know that this graphic novel isn’t exactly the literary equivalent of the cartoon show – it’s a gritty, white-knuckled foray into Gotham’s underbelly and the two men who shaped the mad metropolis. Playing with the duality of the two iconic figures, Moore explores a concept that beats at the core of the franchise, placing this book into the mustread of any wannabe comic connoisseur.

Most long time readers couldn’t count the amount of times they’ve read a specific super hero origin story on two hands, but when the 2001 narrative of Logan’s life hit shelves the comic community couldn’t help but take notice. As writers Bill Jemas, Paul Jenkins, and Joe Quesada explain, the man known as Logan has always been abused, and while he once lived in the lap of Canadian luxury, he’s always forcefully lost something he’s loved. Origin may not be relevant to Marvel’s summer comic-crossover event, Avengers vs. X-Men, but it sets the stage for the incredibly complex character that Wolverine becomes and explains, if albeit briefly, why Logan’s ice-cold exterior rivals that of Bobby Drake’s when he gets close to someone.

For its character development on the iconic mutant who’s completely over the hill, for X-Men fans Origin is one of many in a long line of must read issues.

Wanted Comic derived movies, much like the graphic novel medium itself, are often hit or miss...and as far as the former is concerned, they typically tend to miss.

Wanted was one such derivation that got the silver screen treatment only to be sterilized and bastardized for the general public. Following Wesley Gibson as he aspires to fulfill his father’s legacy in the secret society of super-villains, Gibson learns that this world has mistreated him from birth, and, more importantly, that the world is self-oppressed by its own black and white morality, stripping many of the opportunity to actually create real change. Serving as both a social commentary and frenetic, white-water rapid ride through Gibson’s journey from zero to hero, Mark Millar takes readers down the rabbit hole and on the other side shows them the pigeon-hole of a home we’ve made for ourselves.

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The Death of Captain America There’s a saying in comics, “heroes never stay dead,” and no better example of this truism exists than Ed Brubaker’s seminal Captain America novel, The Death of Captain America. Though the star-spangled hero would eventually be brought back into the crime-fighting limelight a mere year later, Brubaker had the whole world stop for the death of an icon. If nothing else, the series proves that, even though comics’ readership has dropped over the past 20 years, there are events that rally the world into reliving the nostalgic experiences with one of the industry’s most revered heroes.

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Your Summer Reading List Spider-Man: The Night Gwen Stacy Died

Irredeemable Writer Mark Waid has always stunned audiences with his almost unrivaled talent to tell stories like the six-time nominated EisnerAward contender Daredevil and the quintessential classic Kingdom Come. So when Waid began work on Irredeemable back in 2009, the community knew it had to be good. Waid wrote a story about a hero, not different from the DC’s American icon, pushed to the edge of insanity by a world he could never please, and in the end driving him to be the most atrocious human rights violator the world has ever seen. The emotional magnitude of the story is its unabashed hook, which places readers in the front seat as the world they once knew collapses in the fires of the superhuman’s rage.

For its exceptional story and artwork to match, Irredeemable has brought comics into an area where moral ambiguity and notions of duty collide, and for that, readers should get in some quality time with Waid’s emotionally devoid delinquent.

Before audiences get a look at the wall-crawlers old flame in theaters this summer, there’s one book that had more defining moments for Peter Parker than any other, Spider-Man: The Night Gwen Stacy Died. Imagine a Peter Parker who’s left to deal with his best friend recovering from a near drug overdose, a financially crippled Aunt May, and a girlfriend, loved by all, killed atop the George Washington Bridge – or Brooklyn Bridge for those savvy city-dwellers. Though written in 1973 by Gerry Conway, the story-arc has stood the test of page-yellowing time and remains one of the most heart-felt narratives of all-time, leaving readers with one final question: did Peter Parker accidentally kill the woman he so loved?

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Y: The Last Man

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Flashpoint

This list is comprised of some of the most famous authors of all-time – writers like Alan Moore, Ed Brubaker, and Geoff Johns, all who’ve shaped the industry for the past 10-20 years. Writer Brian K. Vaughn may not be credited with changing the ink-laden landscape forever, but the man’s paramount project, Y: The Last Man, proved that some of the best writing in comics is just now coming down the pipeline. Spanning 10 paperback volumes, the series will test both reader’s mental faculties and storytelling prowess as what he leaves out from his writing becomes more important than what he’s printed on the page.

Y: The Last Man is last on this list not because it should be discounted or of the least value, but because in comics we always save the best for last.

Comic crossover events are a Kryptonian quarter a dozen these days and more often than not, when the dust settles there’s little carried over into the overarching realm. DC’s 2011 literary titan, Flashpoint, changed everything. Taking on a Flash thrown out of time and space, it’s up to Barry Allen to figure out exactly how the bizarro world of Thomas Wayne, Supe’s doppelganger “Subject 1,” and the Atlantean-Amazonian warfront got so bad. An essential read for those looking to understand exactly why The New 52 means so much to the industry.

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Superman: Red Son

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One of many literary masterworks from comic craftsman Mark Millar, Red Son explores the ultimate alternate universe in DC and poses readers a nail-biting, culturally defining question: “What if Superman didn’t land in America?” Millar’s exploration of the Russian superhuman takes characters that once stood beside the man of steel and placed them on opposite ends of the Cold War, adding a new dimension to the historical arms race. Plus, with a twist better than most M. Night Shyamalan movies, Millar brought the world a story 20 years in the making.

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Author’s Note: What you just read was the 50th incarnation of a comic column I started two years ago. I dedicated hundreds of hours of my life to this pet project and between all of the positive feedback, the fans I’ve met, and everything I’ve gotten to take away from the medium, it’s been the one of the most important and fulfilling parts of my life. This note is the better half of my sendoff, the rest coming in a column next week, but I wanted this last paragraph of A Week in Ink for you, to tell you how very thankful I am you’ve all been reading – yes, even if this is the first one you’ve read! As I prepare for the cold, cruel outside world I can’t help but think of how it all started with that first

panel. It’s time for everyone reading this to begin his or her own journey as the summer months approach us, to start down a new path or even find a fervent start to a beaten path and figure out a passion in your own life. Thank you again to both my readers and peers for helping me find my passion and voice over the last few years and while I leave now for what I hope to be bigger and better things, I’m going out with the overly simplistic phrase that Max Ehrmann etched in my memory almost 10 years ago, “With all its shams, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”

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The Toke of the Town himself on a quest to find the Mighty High, which can only be achieved by first locating Doobie Dave (Todd Fuller). Dave uses the Oracle of Sight, otherwise known as a cell phone, to reach his majesty.

The crowd was given complementary snacks with their ticket, as well as blankets and pillows to lie on, while enjoying the smell of burning incense from a nearby bookshelf. As Kehoe states, this was part of his vision.

“I’ve been to enough plays and stuff where you walk in, you sit down, you clap, and you leave; and I wanted a little bit more,” Kehoe said. “That’s why I had the blankets and pillows, and the munchies, and all that kinda stuff; to try and have an atmosphere of the night. 420 should be on pillows and blankets, lounging back, enjoying life, that’s how it should be.”

Characterizing stoner personalities was one of the best-achieved tasks of the musical. Doobie Dave played a forgetful stoner who can’t seem to remember the Mighty High’s phone number without playing the Tommy Tutone song “867-5309” on kazoo.

The amusement continues when he hangs up after forgetting why he called in the first place.

The antagonist, Epic Fail (Ian Rowlins), also had some great moments that characterized his hate for marijuana users. His masterful plot is to rid The Land of 420 of marijuana so that beer can take over. With “a keg on every corner,” he can satiate his desire for women, since no stoner girls in The Land of 420 are inebriated enough to hook up with him. This character was

essential to expressing the hypocrisy of society’s attitude toward drugs.

“Stoners, ugh, why can’t you just get drunk like normal people?” said a frustrated Epic Fail.

The Musical garnered roaring laughter due to several references throughout, which tickled the fancy of those familiar with reefer culture. Steve Miller Band, Doctor Who, The Lord of the Rings, and the film Krull were a few examples.

Neon Trees Paint an Unsuccessful Picture ABBY NIEKAMP Staff Writer Artist: Neon Trees Album: Picture Show Label: Mercury Records Release Date: April 17 Grade: B-

Junior legal studies major, Laura Lonski, composed the music for the play in only five weeks. The musical numbers emphasized cheeky piano playing that allowed characters to spill humorous anecdotes to the audience. Lonski also played the roles Becki and Bic. This musical undoubtedly has many themes that are controversial due to legal issues. Kehoe admits, however, that now is the perfect time to release a musical of this nature due to changes in public acceptance.

“We wouldn’t have gotten the same acceptance just 10 years ago that we do now. Folks aren’t as uptight about it or as weird about it…I’m more hooked on phonics than I am on weed so I don’t know why it has the stigma that it has,” Kehoe said.

The remaining showings of 420 the Musical will run April 27, 28, and May 5 at the Vault on Main St. Email: arts@ubspectrum.com

The sounds of the ’80s are brought back to life in a lyrical theme of youth, love, and rule breaking, as Neon Trees release their sophomore album, Picture Show. With an electronic sound and catchy lyrics, the alternative group has unsuccessfully tried to outdo its debut project, Habits, which produced the popular hit “Animals.”

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With songs like “Everybody Talks,” Picture Show has a few tracks with hit potential. The track has an attention-grabbing beat with lyrics that anyone can relate to. Lead singer Tyler Glenn sings of others’ opinions trying to get in the way of a relationship.

Trees tried to make something special with the use of the “synth pop” sound, but it doesn’t translate well in the music. It distracts the listener from the emotion in the lyrics and the fun in the upbeat tunes.

The album is filled with upbeat chorus lines and wide-ranging lyrics.

These tracks and their themes of teenage life and tough love will speak to a younger generation. The album’s almost as good as the band’s first, but doesn’t give it anything extra. Neon

On “Mad Love,” the band brings in a female voice to sing counterpoint to Glenn. The addition just doesn’t feel natural, however. “Hooray for Hollywood” has a section where deceased celebrity names are spoken rather than sang, which comes off creepy rather than clever.

It will take a certain kind of listener or avid Neon Trees fan to enjoy this album wholeheartedly. While some tracks continue the sound the band established with their first album, others only cloud the group’s musical intention. Unfortunately, the risky change up in the young band’s sound isn’t painting the right picture for any new listeners.

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Summer Concert Preview FELICIA HUNT Staff Writer

Tour: Vans Warped Tour

Tour: Drake: The Club Paradise Tour Venue: Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Life’s A Beach

Venue: Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Date: July 17 Ticket Prices: $32-$42

Date: June 8 Ticket Prices: $45- $115+ After Canadian Rapper Drake’s success with 2011’s Takte Care and a start on a third studio album, he has shown that he is here to stay. Drake’s highly anticipated tour is coming to Buffalo with fellow rappers J.Cole and Waka Flocka Flame.

With 12 number one singles on Billboard’s rap charts, his popularity has been noticed at UB as he won the top spot in student polls for Fall Fest this past year. That popularity is bittersweet as it kept him from being booked for the students.

With the hefty prices, it is tempting to forget how passionate you are for Drake’s music. However, how often do artists of his popularity come to Buffalo?

Tickets for this show are selling out, especially near the stage. Be sure to make Drake proud of you and get a ticket before lawn seats are your only option.

Tour: Dave Matthews Band Venue: Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Date: July 3 Ticket Prices: $50-$90 After taking a break in 2011, Dave Matthews Band will embark on their annual summer tour with opening act Brandi Carlile. DMB has been active since 1991 and release live albums almost every year to appease fans.

However, they have not released a studio album since 2009’s Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King and there is no word of new material.

Fans will surely hear songs from every era of the band’s 21-year existence and perhaps some new ones if the band has been busy. Make sure your friends at least know “Crash Into Me” before going to the show; nobody wants to be that guy.

Vans Warped Tour has been a summer tradition for the past 17 years and is one of the more accessible summer festivals, especially compared to Bamboozle and Coachella.

Warped Tour upholds its reputation by having veteran rockers New Found Glory performing on the main stage among hardcore newcomers Falling In Reverse and pop punkers All Time Low, while Rapper T.Mills also joins the lineup.

The multiple stages and an open atmosphere ensure Warped Tour is the easiest way to get your money’s worth and to enjoy a sweaty day with friends.

Series: June In Buffalo Venue: UB North Campus Date: June 4-10 Ticket Prices: Various June in Buffalo will begin June 4 with a flute performance by Roberto Fabbriciani. To end the week on June 10, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will leave its normal performance venue of Kleinhan’s Music Hall and bring its talented musicians to UB in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall under the direction of acclaimed conductor, JoAnn Falletta.

Album: Love is a Four Letter Word Artist: Jason Mraz Label: Atlantic Records Release Date: April 17 Grade: A RACHEL KRAMER Senior Life Editor For all those itching to feel the groove of the summer, look no further.

Jason Mraz released his fourth album, Love is a Four Letter Word, April 17. His mellow, jazzy guitar playing, along with relaxing lyrics about love mixed with his carefree attitude will soothe any summercraving spirit.

Fans were given the opportunity

to listen to singles “I Won’t Give Up,” “The Freedom Song,” “93 Million Miles,” and “Everything is Sound” months before the release of this album. Just like those hit singles, the album as a collection offers the soft and diverse sound and lyrics.

go past and now I’m having more fun,” Mraz sings.

You can feel this sense of calmness most in Mraz’s “The Freedom Song.”

This is apparent in his romantic track, “The Woman I Love.”

“I see a sunset on the beach, yeah/ It makes me feel calm/ When I’m calm I feel good and when I feel good I sing,” Mraz sings.

This feel-good attitude endures throughout the 20-track CD. Mraz is distinctive in his album because he doesn’t solely focus on love, broken hearts, relaxation, or Carpe Diem; he provides a blend of all themes to satisfy any type of mood.

He promotes the ideas of escaping from the stress of life with the songs “Everything is Sound” and especially “Living in the Moment.”

“So I just let go of what I know, I don’t know/ and I know I only do this by living in the moment/ I’m letting myself off the hook for things I’ve done. I let my past

Mraz’s love songs do not focus on sex or vulgarities; Mraz sings about the honest, monogamous feelings of being head over heels in love with someone else.

“Maybe I annoy you with my choices, well you annoy me sometimes too with your voice/ But that ain’t enough for me to move out and move on/ I’m just gonna love you like the woman I love,” Mraz sings.

This idea is also heard in the songs “The World as I see it” and “I Won’t Give Up.” He illustrates the harsh reverse side of love with the song “In Your Hands,” which is about losing that one true love.

It is rare these days to download an entire album and even more so to actually buy that album. This collection of songs is worth the purchase.

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There are performances each day of the festival and the event will provide different musical entertainment each day for its attendees. Other performances will include music from the Ensemble Interface, Genkin Philharmonic, New York New Music Ensemble, and SIGNAL, along with senior faculty members and special guests. Each of the invited composers will also have their compositions performed during the festival to showcase the hard work and talent of musicians that are part of the community. For more information visit www.music.buffalo.edu.

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Hot Albums for the Block, Buster a Hot Summer

The Best Summer Movies on The Avengers – May 4

The highly anticipated superhero epic will finally hit theaters next week and will answer the question of Marvel and non-Marvel fans alike: was the wait worthwhile?

tion) phenomenal Batman franchise takes place eight years after the events of the last film. After being forced into retirement, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale, The Flowers of War) must rise again in order to rescue Gotham from the brutal Bane (Tom Hardy, This Means War).

After the five prequel films that told the stories of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers will unite them against Thor’s brother, Loki, and his deadly forces.

Batman is no longer the beloved comic book superhero he was originally penned to be because of Nolan’s series. Nolan has helped transform the character into a darkened mercenary.

Director and nerd demigod Joss Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods) will helm the project.

The Bourne Legacy – Aug. 3

Thirty-three years after director Ridley Scott (Robin Hood) filmed Alien –considered by many to be one of the most terrifying films of all time – the legendary filmmaker presents Prometheus, a prequel to his 1979 story.

It will be fascinating to see how Scott revamps his universe with technology that wasn’t available to him 30 years ago.

Brave – June 22

Brave is the latest addition to Pixar’s impressive library. Set in medieval Scotland, this film will tell the tale of Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2), who possesses masterful archery skills. Merida chooses to go against the normal princess customs, and ventures into the wilderness for intense adventures.

Pixar has yet to venture into the mythical fairytale genre, and with its mighty animating force, it should not disappoint.

The Dark Knight Rises – July 20 Four years after The Dark Knight overwhelmed audiences, the masked vigilante finally rises again.

This third entry into Christopher Nolan’s (Incep-

Artist: Carrie Underwood Album: Blown Away Release Date: May 1 Label: Sony Nashville/Arista American Idol alumna Carrie Underwood set the country music scene on fire when she went double platinum with 2009’s Play On. Unfortunately, the album had mixed critical reviews, causing Underwood to take time after tour to think out a plan. Now Underwood is releasing her fourth album, Blown Away, after choosing to change her sound.

Prometheus – June 8

The film will take place about a century before the events of Alien and will illustrate a story separate from that of the 1979 horror film. A team of explorers is sent to an unexplored portion of the galaxy to uncover the origins of mankind. The primary cast is stacked with big players, with Hollywood-newcomer Noomi Rapace (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), the always-professional Charlize Theron (Young Adult), and Michael Fassbender (Haywire), who seems to be in everything these days.

The album is also the first one without keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, who decided to take a break from the band.

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Underwood stated that she needed to escape from the celebrity bubble and write songs that are real to her. The album is rumored to have a darker feel than her previous work – a risky move especially in her genre.

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Jason Bourne’s journey has ended, but that didn’t stop Hollywood from leeching money from the franchise anyway. Surprisingly though, the trailer for The Bourne Legacy – the fourth film and reboot of the action/thriller franchise – looks enticing enough to be a worthy reboot.

The front man is now Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol), who will certainly suffer through the excruciatingly long chase scenes that Jason Bourne did. But Renner is a first-rate action star with supreme acting ability that has earned him two Oscar nominations. He should be the perfect choice to carry the torch for further installments.

The lone upbeat track and current single, “Good Girl,” sounds like classic Underwood with fiddles and clapping scattered through out. Her southern twang balances the vengeful lyrics with sweetness. The single has an edge reminiscent of “Before He Cheats” and seeks to advise the good girls in the world.

Blown Away will be a change from what Underwood fans are familiar with. However, this change could work to her benefit and secure her as an icon in country music.

Artist: Maroon 5 Album: Overexposed Release Date: June 26

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Label: A&M/Octone

On paper, this film looks like a shoo-in at next year’s Oscars. The cast speaks for itself: Tom Hardy (This Means War), Guy Pearce (Lockout), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Shia LaBeouf (Transformers: Dark of the Moon), and Jessica Chastain (Texas Killing Fields). This ensemble will center on the Depression era and involves a bootlegging gang that receives threats from corrupt authorities that want a cut of the profit. This is a nice change of pace from the lineup of action films that take up most of the summer.

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Adam Levine, lead singer of pop rock band Maroon 5, made a controversial decision to become a judge on the reality vocal competition The Voice last year. His exposure to potential fans increased past album sales, which led to hit single “Moves Like Jagger” featuring pop powerhouse and fellow judge Christina Aguilera.

Overexposed is the fourth studio album from Maroon 5 and hopes to shatter previous record sales with production help from Benny Blanco and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder.

The lead single “Payphone,” featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, was released after the band performed it on The Voice April 16. The track showcases Levine’s knee-buckling falsetto and a strong verse from Khalifa. The track is about Levine finally getting over a girl but his voice can make you forget any anger toward him.

“All those fairy tales are full of s**t/ One more f*****g love song, I’ll be sick,” Levine sings.

Some fans might state that the band is selling out from exposure to reality television. Yet, hardcore fans of Maroon 5 and new fans of Levine on The Voice will enjoy Overexposed if it continues in the footsteps of “Payphone” and “Moves Like Jagger.”

Artist: Chris Brown Album: Fortune Release Date: July 3 Label: RCA Chris Brown reestablished himself as an R&B juggernaut with the release of 2011’s F.A.M.E and hit single “Look At Me Now.” After numerous delays, Brown’s hyped fifth album Fortune will hit shelves this summer.

Fortune is confirmed to have collaborations with rappers Asher Roth and Wiz Khalifa, along with production by DJ David Guetta and Fuego. The slated collaborations are increasing the fans’ anticipation even more.

The latest single from the album “Turn Up The Music” has been dominating airwaves with its heavy dub step influence and catchy hook among shouts of “Hey” in the background.

Surprisingly, Rihanna also has a verse in the remix of the song, which adds a shock factor that the original track lacks. Hopefully, the remix will be included on the album.

Brown will never escape his past mistakes, but right now he is focusing on his music career.

Ultimately, haters will probably still hate this album and fanatics will love it.

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BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor

Not All ’Cats Land on Their Feet

More Saints Punishments Could Be Looming The New Orleans Saints have methods that rival a guerilla army.

The Charlotte Bobcats are 5-57 this season and need to win one of their two remaining games or they will break the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers’ record for the worst winning percentage in a season at 11 percent.

They were caught using a bounty program that awarded players for injuring opponents and now they could be facing more punishment.

In January and February, the Bobcats had a 16-game losing streak and always looking to improve, they are currently 21 games into another.

The Saints have been accused of espionage. Yes, another football team has been accused of espionage.

The Bobcats have won just one game within their division in 14 tries. To compare their performance another sport, 20 NFL teams had more wins then the Bobcats this season while only playing a 16game schedule. Also, only four teams failed to win two divisional games despite playing just six in-divisions matchups.

This could be the biggest case on the football field since Bill Belichick stole signals from the Jets by videotaping their coaches.

ESPN reported, with an unnamed source, that from 2002-2004 the Saints G.M. Mickey Loomis intercepted communications involving opposing head coach.

Despite knowing what plays the other teams were calling, the Saints failed to make the playoffs in each of the three alleged seasons. That’s like bringing a gun to a knife fight but not knowing how to use it.

There are also reports surfacing that Saints players have dressed as the opponents for division rival’s games in order to gain access to top-secret plays.

The Spectrum couldn’t verify those claims, however, there are eyewitness reports of Sean Payton repelling by helicopter into the Falcons’ practice facility last year.

Right now Charlotte has scored the least amount of points per game, has the worst point differential and is worst in both field goal percentage and three-point percentage. But there is hope. They edge out Sacramento by one thousandth of a point for allowing the highest field goal percentage, but there are still two games left in the season for the Bobcats to takeover that statistic as well.

Over the weekend, Buffalo’s 100-meter hurdle record was shattered in a meet that nearly did not happen.

With turbulent weather in the forecast, Buffalo along with two other Division-1 programs decided to scrap their scheduled competition at UB Stadium and compete at Cortland instead. Due to the suddenness of the cancelation, only a select few participants were chosen to travel.

Junior sprinter Brooklynn Ventura was selected, and now she is the new school record holder in the 100-meter hurdles. Ventura won the event with a time of 13.60, almost a half second faster than her previous best.

Head coach Vicki Mitchell was very pleased with her team’s performance under the unusual circumstances and was especially satisfied with Ventura’s record setting effort.

“We were very, very excited for her,” Mitchell said. “And very excited for our program, anytime we have one of our athletes set a record it is always a great thing.”

For Buffalo it was another highlight in what has been a breakthrough

season for the team. The women’s 4x400 relay team has broken its own school record twice, most recently with a time of 3:28.43.

Junior thrower Becky O’Brien was invited to the Olympic qualifiers and has shattered the school record for shot put and discus throws. The team has also enjoyed success as an entire group. Achieving record success in the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, finishing second in the women’s group.

Ventura was not the only Bull to have a strong performance at Cortland. Freshmen pole vaulter Kelly Truppo finished first by vaulting over 12 feet, a personal record. It was a strong day for all the participants in the event. Buffalo had three entries in it and placed first, second, and forth respectively. Freshmen Jenna Van Dusen finished second with an 11 foot eight inch jump, and sophomore Kaytlin Mack finished in fourth with a jump of 11 feet. It was one of the best showings by the group this season.

Buffalo was looking forward to its first home meet of the season with a chance to compete in front of local friends and family, but the weather forecast was just too severe.

“It was projected to be forty degrees and very windy,” Mitchell said.

“Which is very risky conditions for the level of athletes that we have especially for the sprinting events and field events where there are short explosive movements in that cold conditions there is a risk of injury.”

Although many members of the track team were left behind for this event Mitchell feels that the performance of the select people who went can only empower the team as they compete at their upcoming events.

“We look ahead to a big meet at The Penn Relays this coming week with some of our athletes,” Mitchell said.

“The rest of them will compete at the Cornell Big Red Invite on Sunday.”

The Penn Relays and Cornell Invitational should prove to be a good challenge for Buffalo as they continue their journey to Mid-American Conference Championships where they will look to compete for the school’s first ever first title.

The events will get underway on Friday.

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The Bobcats are at Orlando tonight and will host the Knicks Thursday for Fan Appreciation Night. Both fans in attendance will receive a membership to a fan club of another NBA team and will be allowed to exchange a Bobcats jersey for any jersey of equal or lesser value.

Luckily for the Bobcats, the season is only 66 games this year and the misery ends early.

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UB’s sports teams aren’t considered national powerhouses, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. The Bulls are relatively new to Division-1 (having joined the Mid-American Conference in 1998) and have experienced a number of growing pains in that process.

That doesn’t mean that the Bulls haven’t had some success along the way, however.

Members of the class of 2012 have witnessed unprecedented success during their time at UB, including a big jump in wins compared to seasons’ prior.

The three Mid-American Conference championships in the last four years are all but one of the titles won in school history.

Most of the school’s teams aren’t at the point where they are at the top of the conference, but they’re making that climb.

The nation’s two most popular collegiate sports – football and men’s basketball – have each experienced marginal success getting UB into the national spotlight.

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Sophomore Miranda Podlas and Junior Kyra Golenko battle during an intense doubles match against Northern Illinois. The women’s tennis team clinched the sixth seed after beating the Huskies, 5-2, earning a date with Western Michigan on Friday.

Bulls Prepare for Conference Championships by Thumping Rival

From 1998-2007: 18-86 From 2008- Present: 18-32 with one MAC championship and one bowl appearance.

Men’s BasketballFrom 1998-2007: 110-173 (one 20win season) From 2008-Present: 79-49 (three 20win seasons, winningest class of alltime) The men’s tennis team and men’s swimming and diving teams have also reached the top of the MAC. Men’s tennis clinched a share of the MAC regular season title this past weekend, and the swim team won the MAC Championship in 2011.

BRANDON BARNES Staff Writer The women’s tennis team secured another win over the weekend, beating a conference rival in preparation to make a run in the postseason.

Buffalo (7-11, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) bested Northern Illinois (10-11, 3-5 MAC) 5-2 on Sunday. The Bulls earned a No. 6 seed in the MAC tournament with the win.

It was senior day for Northern Illinois but it was the youth of the Bulls that won the day. Northern Illinois came out on fire and dominated early, sweeping the doubles competition. The Huskies couldn’t compete in the singles competition, as the Bulls went on to win five of the six singles matches with their only loss coming in a three set battle.

Sophomore Tanvi Shah crushed her opponent in straight sets winning 6-0, 6-4, setting the tone for the rest of the match.

Buffalo has not fared well in the conference tournament of late, failing to advance past the second round for three consecutive seasons.

Fellow sophomore Marta Stoyanova also had an easy time with her opponent, disposing her in straight sets 6-3, 7-6. Stoyanova, who has changed her practice regimen to sharpen her accuracy, has seen gradual improvement in her game over the season.

The Bulls look to change their fortunes this season and win the conference tournament, and they will need their best players to be playing at a high level.

Sophomores Miranda Podlas and Anamaria Candanoza also won their matches in straight sets.

The lone loser was junior Kira Golenko, who had a competitive match but ultimately fell in three sets.

The victory comes at an opportune time for the Bulls, losers of their previous three matches. The win serves as a confidence booster.

The Bulls will be looking to Shah and Stoyanova to be playing at the top of their games as they look to win their second Mid-American conference championship.

The conference championship will be hosted by Northern Illinois. The Bulls’ first round matchup is against Western Michigan, a team the Bulls beat earlier in the season.

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The Bulls continued with the dramatics throughout the season as they complied a 3-1 overtime record, including a 43-40 quadruple overtime win at Akron.

If you have one of the top payrolls in the league, surely you can find someone at least serviceable to pitch with a nine run lead.

The Bulls were able to reach the conference title for the first time in program history but would have to face the No. 12 team in the country, Ball State. The Cardinals entered the game undefeated and with a win, had a chance to play in a BCS game.

Blame Valentine all you want, but the major problem is that they aren’t that good.

The infield is one of the best in the majors, and Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford are both out with injuries. But it doesn’t matter how many runs you score if you can’t stop the other team.

Ball State was in control early and appeared to have scored another touchdown but the call was reversed and the Cardinals were inside the 3-yard line.

Outside of the top three starters (Josh Becket, Jon Lester, and Clay Buchholz) pitchers four through 12 on the roster are no-names.

The next play Buffalo forced a fumble and took it 92 yards for a touchdown. On the very next set of downs, NFL Draftee Nate Davis lost Ball State’s fourth fumble, which set up a Bulls touchdown.

I want to see Terry Francona back at the helm as much as anyone, but it isn’t going to happen.

So if we’re going to play the blame game, don’t put it on the guy who walked into the tough situation (Bobby Valentine), blame Ben Cherrington. He’s the guy who thought a bullpen of guys you’ve never heard of would shut down the Yankees.

The Bulls went on to win the game 42-24 and earn an invitation to a Bowl Game for the first time in 50 years and ending years of frustration as a struggling Division-1 program.

“So many people told us we couldn’t do it,” former athletic director Warde Manuel told The Spectrum after the game. “The belief of the kids and the community and the university to

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In 2008, The UB football team went to its first bowl game.

be where we are today is just over-whelming.”

The win sent the Bulls bowling to the International Bowl against Connecticut.

This would be the first bowl game the Bulls ever competed in, having declined a bid to the 1958 Tangerine Bowl because officials wouldn’t let the two African-American players on the team play.

In the International Bowl, the Bulls fell victim to current Colts running back Donald Brown’s speed and lost 38-20. The squad finished with an 8-6 record, still the best record since joining Division-1.

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Continued from page 28: Mumbai to Buffalo and Everywhere in Between before returning to India. Shah’s father believed she needed to grow up immersed in Indian culture. Her family then moved to Mumbai, India so she could attend the Podar International School.

When she first decided to go there, academics was the most important thing to her. Podar has an affiliation with the University of Cambridge and delivers a top tier education. However, Shah excelled in the vast Indian tennis culture and was ranked the No. 1 under-16 player in the country.

Academics took a backseat to the life on the court – and on the road.

Shah was allowed to miss class for tennis tournaments because she knew her principal from her previous school. Her education was pushed aside for dreams of playing professionally.

“I actually didn’t want to go to college,” Shah said. “After a while I was doing really well in juniors. I was number 130 in the world, so I played a junior grand slam. After that, I started to play a couple women’s tournaments. I didn’t seem to be doing that well and I know you need to be patient and give it some time. So I decided that maybe I should go to the States, get a degree and come back and play pro some more.”

She picked the U.S. for college because she wanted to be able to play at a high level while getting her degree – something that would be nearly impossible if she had continued to play professionally.

She wanted to get that degree now because she wasn’t playing well on the pro tour, and determined that she needed to get an education in case her struggles continued.

After getting scholarship offers from several schools, Shah chose NC State because she had two friends on the team that she had competed with in India.

She enrolled in January of 2011 and jumped right into the season. She saw some playing time, but at the bottom of the lineup because NC State was a nationally ranked team. She wanted to be the leader on her team so she decided to transfer.

Buffalo was one of the schools Shah reached out to and it didn’t take long for head coach Kathy Twist to return the call.

Shah had returned home to India, and was still adjusting to the 12-hour time difference when her mother brought the phone to her bed. Twist and Shah started a series of phone conversations and Shah met Twist’s criteria of being a good student, a nice person, and obviously, a good tennis player.

like to be one of those players.’ So she had the desire and credentials to back up what she said.”

Twist’s expectations were quickly met as Shah emerged as the team leader, both on and off the court. She has the best singles record on the team, despite having to play the best opposing player in every match.

Shah and junior Tamara Markovic have been known to call players only meetings in order to try and improve the play of the team.

“If you have a peer say to you, ‘this is what I do, why don’t you go out and try it?’ It’s a lot more powerful,” Twist said and I have never seen a team win a championship without good leadership within the team. You’ve got to have that leadership inside the team, that’s the voice.”

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After college, Shah would like compete at the pro level again, despite the tough traveling schedule. However, if that doesn’t work out, she would like to help other professional athletes, especially tennis players manage their careers so they can be successful.

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However, her leadership off the court is what makes Shah such a valuable asset to the team.

The other players look to follow her example because of where tennis has taken her and not just her ability.

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Continued from page 28: Witnesses to History

Continued from page 28: Going the Distance One Mile From Home there was one sport that stood out.

“I realized I wanted to focus on tennis, I wanted it to be my main passion and if I worked hard I could play at the Division-1 level,” Podlas said. “In the end, I was happy I picked tennis because I love going out on the court every day.”

Podlas earned a walk-on spot on the women’s tennis roster as a freshman.

She began the treacherous journey of proving herself to coaches and her teammates, all of whom were receiving scholarships. “[Being a walk-on] made me work harder to prove myself and prove that I’m capable of playing on the team,” Podlas said. “I understood that tournament wise I needed to play more. [Twist] saw as matches went by and I got more experience [that] I had the potential.”

Podlas never let the fact that she was the only walk-on stop her from believing she deserved to be on the team.

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2012 saw the winningest basketball team in UB history.

thing that teams like Connecticut, BYU, and Akron quickly found out.

There were many great moments during this stretch, from the close loss to then second ranked Connecticut, in which Buffalo was a Rodney Pierce turnover away from the upset, to the amazing finish by the Bulls against Western Michigan in which Matt Stainbrook missed two crucial free throws with 1.5 seconds left in the game with a packed student section flustering the Broncos’ big man.

This past season has been arguably the best in Bulls history. Although they once again fell short, losing in the semi-finals of the MAC tournament, this year was not a failure. Buffalo went 20-11, with a school-record 12 wins in the MAC. There have been some impressive games: the 8455 drubbing of a solid Dayton team on the road, sweeping Akron, which finished with the best record in the conference, and sweeping all of their games against the MAC West, including a thrilling come from behind win against Toledo.

Through it all, we were treated to arguably the best shooter in program history in Filzen, and one of the best big men duos in program history in Watt and sophomore forward Javon McCrea. Others are noticing as well, because Watt looks to be the first Bull since the NBA merger to be drafted, which is very remarkable considering his physical struggles just two seasons ago. We have had players like Robinson, who is a guy that was a force defensively and on the boards, and Barnett, who earned the moniker ‘Big Shot Dave’ for his late-game heroics.

The hope is that the success of this group leads to successful future squads as the ’05 team did. One thing is for certain, though – this group will be missed, and has left big shoes to fill.

“It was tough, but I like a challenge,” Podlas said. “Sports are my life, and I knew if I worked hard enough I could play both singles and doubles.

It was kind of a motivation for me to better myself, my game, and prove to everyone that I could be one of the top players on the team.”

As a freshman, Podlas started every singles and doubles match of the season. She led the team in singles victories going 14-5 at the sixth spot, and started at first doubles with an impressive 10-4 record.

The journey did not end there.

The once motivated walk-on with the dreams of becoming a Division-1 athlete was awarded a scholarship from Twist.

Podlas looked forward to a permanent position on the team during her sophomore year with the challenge of proving herself as a freshman behind her.

Her next step into expanding her role on the squad was not one that came on the court. The Buffalo women’s tennis team has seven players on its roster, all of which are from countries other than the U.S. But this challenge is something all six girls were able to face together. In the small world of Buffalo women’s tennis, Podlas was actually the foreigner.

But at no point did this ever pose a problem for her.

“It’s kind of an honor to be the only American,” Podlas said. “I love my team. It’s nice to [experience] different cultures and see how much different they are from you, we all get along, so it works out well.”

As the lone Buffalonian, Podlas has taken it upon herself to set-up trips to Sabres games and other local attractions.

“I think when you have a team that’s split apart and you have certain groups, it really hurts the team chemistry,” Podlas said. “Outside of tennis, we go to movies and we’re always together throughout every day. I really think that helps chemistry and performing well on the court if you are all one group.”

Podlas’ record has dropped slightly this year, but she is facing harder competition having moved up to the fifth spot in the lineup. With the season coming to end, a long offseason is in store. Twist anticipates great things come fall from one of her team’s hardest workers.

“I know during the summer she’ll be working on her own and playing tournaments,” Twist said. “She’s going to be prepared when she comes back in the fall and she’s going to be even better than when she left here.”

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Continued from page 28: Men’s Tennis Joins Elite Company The team also won the regular season title in 2010, but failed to win the postseason crown.

The conference tournament is scheduled for this weekend with Buffalo receiving a first round bye. But no matter what happens this team will have at least one championship to its name.

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15 100-meter, for one

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17 "While" lead-in

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56 Frequent visitor to The Beatles'

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Red Sox Need a Shakeup TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor

Apparently $150 million doesn’t buy what it used to.

In the Red Sox case, it buys you the worst winning percentage in Major League Baseball over the last 40 games (.250) dating back to August of last year.

Say what you want about the “chicken and beer scandal of 2011,” but when all was said and done, the Red Sox lost their manager with the highest winning percentage in franchise history, and the general manager who helped bring two world series titles to Boston.

Bobby Valentine took over as manager – much to the chagrin of the entire team and most of the fan base – and so far hasn’t been the “spark” that was desperately needed.

I vehemently hated the hiring of Bobby V, and still don’t think he belongs in Boston.

Sure he hasn’t been perfect, calling out Kevin Youkilis’ effort was just plain stupid. But the struggles of the Sox can’t be put on his shoulders.

On Saturday, the Red Sox bullpen, which is nothing short of talentless, helped blow a 9-0 lead to the Yankees.

Valentine wasn’t the one who let Jonathan Papelbon walk at the end of last season, and he wasn’t the one who fished off the scrap heap to bring in a bunch of spare parts.

Boston threw Justin Thomas in a one-run game against its biggest rival Saturday.

Don’t be alarmed if you’ve never heard of him. Pittsburgh deemed him replaceable and sent him to AAA at the end of last season That’s the Pittsburgh “haven’t made the playoffs in 19 years” Pirates.

If a team who hasn’t made the playoffs in two decades doesn’t want him on its roster, why would a team that considers itself a perennial contender?

Satsuki Aoi /// The Spectrum Coming in as a walk-on, sophomore Miranda Podlas’ hard work finally paid off when head coach Kathy Twist awarded her a scholarship.

Nick Fischetti /// The Spectrum Sophomore Tanvi Shah left the Indian Tennis team and the Pro tour to come to the United States to develop as a tennis player and get an education.

Going the Distance Mumbai to Buffalo and One Mile From Home Everywhere in Between Un-recruited local girl earns herself a scholarship JON GAGNON Staff Writer Sophomore Miranda Podlas was not offered any scholarships to play tennis going into college.

After walking on to the women’s tennis team, she proved that she deserved one.

As an un-recruited player coming out of high school, Podlas earned a starting spot and eventually a scholarship from her hometown college in just one year.

It is a frequent occurrence for a college sports teams to sign walkons to fill the space at the bottom of their rosters. But that was not the case for Podlas, as she led the team in victories her first season.

Playing collegiate tennis seemed possible at a very young age for Podlas. She began playing tennis at age 4, and by 11 she realized she had the potential to play at the collegiate level. But coaches didn’t feel the same and she received no scholarship offers.

Most coaches, including head coach Kathy Twist, recruit heavily overseas because tennis is a global sport. Twist has pulled in players from different parts of the world to build her current team and almost missed out on a star that lives in the shadows of the school.

Podlas was a three-sport athlete at Williamsville East High School, which is just minutes away from UB’s North Campus. However,

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Tanvi Shah’s been all over the world, but is making her name in Buffalo BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor Athletes looking to turn professional often use college as a steppingstone.

So when sophomore tennis player Tanvi Shah left the pro tour to attend college, many people questioned her decision.

Some people thought that Shah left “the perfect life,” training with the Indian team and playing on the pro tour year round.

But Shah needed to take an alternative route.

Shah transferred from North Carolina State following her freshman season last spring. She arrived at Buffalo in the fall and emerged as the number one singles player on the women’s tennis team. However, her journey stretches far beyond the

trip from Raleigh to Buffalo and has taught her that the best way to succeed isn’t always right in front of you.

“People who really want to make it come to [Bollywood, India] to make money or get into movies,” Shah said. “It’s like a city of dreams. But, since I come from there and have a family, it’s not as much as a struggle for me. But, you learn from it. It’s addictive, that life. You’re always wanting to be there, work hard and achieve want you want.”

Shah’s life began in India, but has had many stops along the way.

Shah’s mother flew home to India to give birth to her and returned to their home in the Jakarta Capital Region, Indonesia just six weeks later. Nine years later, her family moved to Singapore and lived there for two years Continued on page 24

December 5, 2008, Remember that Date BRYAN FEILER Sports Editor The 2008 football had the only the winning record in program history since joining the FBS (Formally Division-1A) in 1999.

For the freshmen that arrived on campus that fall, that team gave them a lot of to cheer about on Saturdays.

The Bulls were coming off a share of the 2007 MidAmerican Conference East Regular Season title, but failed to go to the conference championship game because they lost the tiebreaker. The Bulls came back the following year and won the MAC East outright with a 5-3 conference record.

The University of Texas-El Paso quickly found out how good Buffalo was that year, as the Bulls put a 42-17 beat down on El Paso in the first game of the season.

After suffering a loss at Pittsburgh, Buffalo returned home for its first conference matchup and fans witnessed arguably the best sports moment in Buffalo history.

Temple took the lead with 38 seconds left in the game. Quarterback Drew Willy led the Bulls to the Temple 35-yard line then threw a Hail Mary pass to wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt as time expired to clinch a 30-28 victory. The fans poured out of the stands to celebrate with the team. The play was a finalist for the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year on ESPN. Continued on page 24

Witnesses to History NATHANIEL SMITH Sports Editor This recent four-year stretch by the men’s basketball team can be considered the best in program history.

Before they arrived on the Buffalo campus in 2008, it was a program that had lost its luster after a couple of losing seasons.

Although Bulls did have a couple of noteworthy years, including the 2004-05 season in which they went 23-10 and were a tip-in away from earning their first berth to the NCAA tournament, there was still something missing in a program that has gone 110-173 since joining the Mid-American Conference.

In the four years since, this senior squad of forwards Mitchell Watt,

Titus Robinson, and Dave Barnett, and guard Zach Filzen have helped to take the program to a new level.

The members of the winningest group in history finished their careers with a 79-49 record, with three 20-win seasons.

To keep that in perspective, the University of Buffalo has been playing basketball on three different levels since 1915, and until 2008 had only one 20-win season, which was the 23 games won by the 2005 Bulls.

More importantly, this team has been tough to beat at home, providing competitive basketball for the True Blue faithful. Over the last four years, the Bulls were 43-13 in the confines of Alumni Arena. The implementation of True Blue in 2007 has been a big part of that success, as teams have had a hard time beating the Bulls in Buffalo, someContinued on page 26

Swimming and Diving Men’s Tennis Joins

Take the MAC Elite Company TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor The 2010-11 season on the pool deck was a historic one for the Bulls, as the swimming and diving team captured the first Mid-American Conference title in program history.

“It feels awesome,” head coach Andy Bashor told The Spectrum following the meet. “I told the team this is the feeling that you train for. A team accomplishment like that – it's great. The water has never felt any better.”

The relay events are what sealed the meet for the Bulls, placing first in all five events, and setting a new school record in each.

The squad came in as favorites to repeat in 2012, but fell just short claiming second place in the event.

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TYLER CADY Senior Sports Editor

The 2012 men’s tennis team is the most recent Buffalo squad to add a Mid-American Conference title to its résumé.

Behind the impressive performances of freshman Damien David and junior Vusa Hove, who both went undefeated in MAC play, the Bulls clinched a share of the title this past weekend.

The team finished the regular season 10-9, but really clicked in conference play, going 4-1 in the MAC. “We expect to win the MAC title,” said head coach Lee Nickell. “It’s been an up and down year for us but I certainly am very proud of where we came considering the injuries we have. I’m proud to share the title, but we’re not going to be happy unless we’re going to the NCAAs at the end of next week.”

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